Mecinini

Mecinini

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Curculionoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Holometabola Superordo: Coleopterida Ordo: Coleoptera Subordo: Polyphaga Infraordo: Cucujiformia Superfamilia: Curculionoidea

Familia: Curculionidae
Subfamilia: Curculioninae
Tribus: Mecinini
Genera: Cleopomiarus – Gymnetron – Mecinus – Miarus – Rhinumiarus – Rhinusa

Name

Mecinini Gistel, 1848: [7]

• Type genus: Mecinus Germar, 1821.

Synonymy

• Mecinidae Gistel, 1848: [7] [original name]
• Gymnetrini Thomson, 1859: 143
  • Type genus: Gymnetron Schönherr, 1825.
• Miarini Tournier, 1874: 66
  • Type genus: Miarus Schönherr, 1826.

References

Primary references

• Gistel, J.N.F.X. 1848. Faunula monacensis cantharologica. Isis von Oken 1848: (6) [unn. pp.”1–3”]; (7): [unn. pp. “4–6”]; (8): [unn. p. “7”]; (9): [unn. pp. “8–9”]; (10): [unn. pp. “10–11”]; (11): [unn. pp. “12–13”] (inserted with fascicles). Reference page.  [original description: p. [7]]

Additional references

• Alonso-Zarazaga, M.A.; Lyal, C.H.C. 2002: Addenda and corrigenda to ‘A World Catalogue of Families and Genera of Curculionoidea (Insecta: Coleoptera)’. Zootaxa, 63: 1–37. Abstract & excerpt [see note on p.16]
• Caldara, R. 2001: Phylogenetic analysis and higher classification of the tribe Mecinini (Coleoptera: Curculionidae, Curculioninae). Koleopterologische rundschau, 71: 171–203.
• Caldara, R. 2008: On the taxonomy and nomenclature of some Mecinini (Coleoptera, Curculionidae). Fragmenta entomologica, 40(1): 125–137. PDF