Peritaxia

Peritaxia is a genus of broad-nosed weevils in the beetle family Curculionidae. There are about seven described species in Peritaxia.[1][2][3][4]

Peritaxia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Family:	Curculionidae
Tribe:	Tropiphorini
Genus:	Peritaxia Horn, 1876

Species

These seven species belong to the genus Peritaxia:

• Peritaxia brevipilis Van Dyke, 1935 ^{i c g}
• Peritaxia elongata Pierce, 1913 ^{i c g}
• Peritaxia hispida Horn, 1876 ^{i c g b}
• Peritaxia longipennis Van Dyke, 1951 ^{i c g}
• Peritaxia perforata Casey, 1888 ^{i c g}
• Peritaxia rugicollis Horn, 1876 ^{i c g}
• Peritaxia uniformis (Van Dyke, 1936) ^{i c g}

Data sources: i = ITIS,[1] c = Catalogue of Life,[2] g = GBIF,[3] b = Bugguide.net[4]

References

1. "Peritaxia Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-05-03.
2. "Browse Peritaxia". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-05-03.
3. "Peritaxia". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-05-03.
4. "Peritaxia Genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-05-03.

Further reading

• Bright, Donald E.; Bouchard, Patrice (2008). Insects and Arachnids of Canada, Part 25: Coleoptera, Curculionidae, Entiminae: Weevils of Canada and Alaska, Volume 2. NRC Research Press, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. ISBN 978-0660194004.
• O'Brien, Charles W.; Wibmer, Guillermo J. (1982). "Annotated checklist of the weevils (Curculionidae sensu lato) of North America, Central America, and the West Indies (Coleoptera: Curculionoidea)" (PDF). Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute.
• Lobl, I.; Smetana, A., eds. (2013). Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 7: Curculionoidea I. Apollo Books. ISBN 978-90-04-26093-1.
• Lobl, I.; Smetana, A., eds. (2013). Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 8: Curculionoidea II. Apollo Books. ISBN 978-90-04-25916-4.