| Pissodes | |
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| Pissodes notatus | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Cucujiformia |
| Family: | Curculionidae |
| Tribe: | Pissodini |
| Genus: | Pissodes Germar, 1817 |
| Diversity | |
| at least 140 species | |
Pissodes is a genus of weevils described by Ernst Friedrich Germar in 1817.
These insects live on conifers.[1] They are widely distributed in the Northern Hemisphere, their distribution mirroring that of plants in the Pinaceae, the pine family, which includes most of their host trees.[2]
A few Pissodes species are considered to be pests, such as Pissodes strobi, P. nemorensis, and P. terminalis, because they do significant damage to trees.[2]
There are at least 140 described species in Pissodes.[3][4][5][6][7]
See also
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edit- ^ O'Brien, C. W. (1989). Revision of the weevil genus Pissodes in Mexico with notes on Neotropical Pissodini (Coleoptera, Curculionidae). Transactions of the American Entomological Society 415-32.
- ^ a b Lu, X., Zhang, R., & Langor, D. W. (2007). Two new species of Pissodes (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) from China, with notes on Palearctic species. The Canadian Entomologist 139(2), 179-88.
- ^ "Pissodes Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-04-25.
- ^ "Browse Pissodes". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-04-25.
- ^ "Pissodes". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-04-25.
- ^ "Pissodes Genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-04-25.
- ^ Lu, X. and RunZhi, Z. (2007). Species, distribution and host plants of genus Pissodes (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) and its potential invasive threat. Scientia Silvae Sinicae 43(9), 38-43.
External links
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