Trichobaris is a genus of flower weevils in the family Curculionidae. There are 8 to 13 species in genus Trichobaris.[1]
| Trichobaris | |
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| Trichobaris mucorea | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Family: | Curculionidae |
| Subfamily: | Baridinae |
| Tribe: | Baridini |
| Genus: | Trichobaris LeConte, 1876 |
These weevils feed on plants in the family Solanaceae, including cultivated plants such as tomato, potato, and tobacco.[1] They likely evolved in association with plants of genus Datura.[1]
Species
edit- Trichobaris bridwelli Barber, 1935
- Trichobaris championi Barber, 1935
- Trichobaris compacta Casey, 1892 (Datura weevil)
- Trichobaris cylindrica Casey, 1892
- Trichobaris insolita Casey, 1892
- Trichobaris major Barber, 1935
- Trichobaris mucorea (LeConte, 1858) (tobacco stalk borer)
- Trichobaris pellicea (Boheman, 1844)
- Trichobaris pueblana Casey, 1920
- Trichobaris trinotata (Say, 1832) (potato stalk borer)
- Trichobaris vestita (Boheman, 1836)
Notes
edit- ^ a b c De la Mora, M., et al. 2018. Evolution of Trichobaris (Curculionidae) in relation to host plants: Geometric morphometrics, phylogeny and phylogeography. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, Vol. 124, pp 37-49.
- ^ "Trichobaris Genus Information". BugGuide.net. Iowa State University. Retrieved 26 January 2018.
- ^ "Trichobaris Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 26 January 2018.
References
edit- Alonso-Zarazaga, Miguel A., and Christopher H. C. Lyal (1999). A World Catalogue of Families and Genera of Curculionoidea (Insecta: Coleoptera) (Excepting Scotylidae and Platypodidae), 315.
- Poole, Robert W., and Patricia Gentili, eds. (1996). "Coleoptera". Nomina Insecta Nearctica: A Check List of the Insects of North America, vol. 1: Coleoptera, Strepsiptera, 41-820.
Further reading
edit- Arnett, R. H. Jr., M. C. Thomas, P. E. Skelley and J. H. Frank. (eds.). (21 June 2002). American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea. CRC Press LLC, Boca Raton, Florida ISBN 978-0-8493-0954-0.
- Ross H. Arnett (30 July 2000). American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico. CRC Press. ISBN 978-0-8493-0212-1.
- Richard E. White. (1983). Peterson Field Guides: Beetles. Houghton Mifflin Company.
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