Pissodes

Pissodes is a genus of weevils described by Ernst Friedrich Germar in 1817.

Pissodes
Pissodes notatus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Family:	Curculionidae
Subfamily:	Molytinae
Genus:	Pissodes Germar, 1817
Diversity
at least 140 species

Pissodes pini

Pissodes castaneus

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]

Pine weevil anterior view

There are at least 140 described species in Pissodes.^{[3][4][5][6][7]}

See also

• List of Pissodes species

References

1. 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.
2. 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.
3. "Pissodes Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-04-25.
4. "Browse Pissodes". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-04-25.
5. "Pissodes". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-04-25.
6. "Pissodes Genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-04-25.
7. 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

• Media related to Pissodes at Wikimedia Commons