Neoerethistes

Neoerethistes
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Curculionidae
Subfamily: Molytinae
Tribe: Cholini
Genus: Neoerethistes
O'Brien & Wibmer, 1982

Neoerethistes is a genus of true weevils in the beetle family Curculionidae. There are more than 30 described species in Neoerethistes.[1] The only species in North American north of Mexico is Neoerethistes arizonicus, found in the southwestern United States.[2]

The genus Neoerethistes was formerly called Erethistes, which is the name of a genus of South Asian River catfishes. [3]

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