Perigaster

Perigaster is a genus of minute seed weevils in the beetle family Curculionidae. There are about seven described species in Perigaster.[1][2][3][4]

Perigaster
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Family:	Curculionidae
Tribe:	Cnemogonini
Genus:	Perigaster Dietz, 1896

Species

These seven species belong to the genus Perigaster:

• Perigaster alternans Blatchley, 1928 ^{i c}
• Perigaster cretura (Herbst, 1797) ^{i c g b}
• Perigaster liturata (Dietz, 1896) ⁱ
• Perigaster lituratus Buchanan, 1937 ^c
• Perigaster longirostris Buchanan, 1931 ^c
• Perigaster obscura (LeConte, 1876) ^{i b}
• Perigaster tetracantha Champion, ^c

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

References

1. "Perigaster Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-04-30.
2. "Browse Perigaster". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-04-30.
3. "Perigaster". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-04-30.
4. "Perigaster Genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-04-30.

Further reading

• 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.