Lixus (beetle)
Genus of beetles
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Lixus is a genus of true weevils in the beetle family Curculionidae, erected by the Danish entomologist, Johan Christian Fabricius in 1775. There are at least 950 described species in the genus Lixus.[1][2][3][4]
| Lixus | |
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| Lixus angustatus | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Cucujiformia |
| Superfamily: | Curculionoidea |
| Family: | Curculionidae |
| Subfamily: | Lixinae |
| Tribe: | Lixini |
| Genus: | Lixus Fabricius, 1801 |
| Diversity | |
| At least 950 species | |
Selected species
- Lixus acutipennis (Roelofs, 1873)
- Lixus concavus Say, 1831 (rhubarb weevil)
- Lixus fasciculatus Boheman, 1836
- Lixus juncii Boheman, 1835
- Lixus macer LeConte, 1876
- Lixus marginatus Say, 1831
- Lixus paraplecticus (Linnaeus, 1758) - type species (as Curculio paraplecticus Linnaeus, 1758)
- Lixus parcus LeConte, 1876 (knotweed weevil)
- Lixus scrobicollis Boheman, 1836 (ragweed weevil)