Mecaspis
Sign in to saveMecaspis is a genus of cylindrical weevils belonging to the family Curculionidae. This genus is present in most of Europe, in the East Palearctic realm, in the Near East and in North Africa.
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It is catalogued under the topic Lixinae.
Its subject is documented across 8 Wikipedia language editions.
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 3
- Family
- Curculionidae
- Collections
- SAM, RBINS-SCIENTIFIC HERITAGE
- Recorded in
- Netherlands, Zimbabwe
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- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Curculionidae
- Image
- Curculionidae - Mecaspis alternans.jpg
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- taxon name
- Mecaspis
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- Category:Mecaspis
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Mecaspis is a genus of cylindrical weevils belonging to the family Curculionidae. This genus is present in most of Europe, in the East Palearctic realm, in the Near East and in North Africa.
== Species == Mecaspis alternans (Herbst, 1795) Mecaspis bedeli Faust, 1904 Mecaspis emarginata (Fabricius, 1787) Mecaspis incisurata (Gyllenhal, 1834) Mecaspis nana (Gyllenhal, 1834) Mecaspis striatella (Fabricius, 1792)
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