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Leiosoma is a genus of weevils. It can be found in mountain-forest and alpine habitats in the western Palearctic realm. These weevils feed on plants of the families Ranunculaceae and Violaceae.[1]

Several other genera were invalidly named Leiosoma. The mite genus of Nicolet (1855) is now Liacarus. The echinoid genus of Cotteau (1860) is now Trochalosoma. The lepidopteran genus of Felder & Rogenhofer (1874) is now Erocha. The millipede genus of Silvestri (1897) is now Catharosoma.

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Leiosoma
Leiosoma deflexum, Belgium
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Superfamily: Curculionoidea
Family: Curculionidae
Genus: Leiosoma
J.F.Stephens, 1829
Synonyms
  • Leiosomus Schoenherr 1842
  • Liosoma Agassiz 1846
  • Liosomus Agassiz 1846
  • Liosomus Gistel 1856
  • Liosoma Gemminger & Harold 1871
  • Xenomicrus Wollaston 1864
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Species

There are 31 species of Leiosoma listed in Catalogue of Life and GBIF.[2][3]

  • Leiosoma apenninicola Hoffmann, 1961
  • Leiosoma apionides (Wollaston, 1864)
  • Leiosoma bedeli K.Daniel, 1906
  • Leiosoma bosnicum K.Daniel, 1906
  • Leiosoma concinnum Boheman, 1842
  • Leiosoma cribrum (Gyllenhal, 1834)
  • Leiosoma cyanopterum Redtenbacher, 1849
  • Leiosoma deflexum Redtenbacher, L., 1858
  • Leiosoma devillei Bedel, 1912
  • Leiosoma formaneki Lokay, 1908
  • Leiosoma galiberti Tempère, 1979
  • Leiosoma kirschi Gredler, 1866
  • Leiosoma klebsi (Legalov, 2016)
  • Leiosoma lethierryi C.Brisout de Barneville, 1863
  • Leiosoma muscorum Ch.Brisout, 1863
  • Leiosoma nicolasi Tempère, 1979
  • Leiosoma oblongulum Boheman, 1842
  • Leiosoma pandellei Ch.Brisout, 1867
  • Leiosoma pseudopyrenaeum Tempère, 1979
  • Leiosoma punctata Stephens, 1829
  • Leiosoma punctatum Stephens, J.F., 1831
  • Leiosoma reitteri
  • Leiosoma reynosae Ch.Brisout, 1866
  • Leiosoma robustum Seidlitz, 1867
  • Leiosoma rosea Victor, 1839
  • Leiosoma rufipes C.Brisout de Barneville, 1863
  • Leiosoma scrobifer Rottenberg, 1871
  • Leiosoma stierlini Tournier, 1860
  • Leiosoma subcoriaceum K.Daniel, 1906
  • Leiosoma talamellii Pedroni, 2010
  • Leiosoma troglodytes Rye, 1873

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