Neoerethistes | |
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Scientific classification | |
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]