Haplostethops
Sign in to saveHaplostethops is a genus of flower weevils in the beetle family Curculionidae. There are about eight described species in Haplostethops. The genus name is masculine, contrary to some sources, following ICZN Article 30.1.4.3: "A compound genus-group name ending in -ops is to be treated as masculine, regardless of its derivation or of its treatment by its author."
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Haplostethops is a genus of flower weevils in the beetle family Curculionidae. There are about eight described species in Haplostethops. The genus name is masculine, contrary to some sources, following ICZN Article 30.1.4.3: "A compound genus-group name ending in -ops is to be treated as masculine, regardless of its derivation or of its treatment by its author."
==Species== These eight species belong to the genus Haplostethops: Haplostethops caviventris Blatchley, 1922 Haplostethops ellipsoideus (Casey, 1892) Haplostethops elongatus Casey, 1920 Haplostethops fusiformis Casey, 1920 Haplostethops gravidulus Casey, 1920 Haplostethops marginatus Casey, 1920 Haplostethops scaphinellus Casey, 1920