# Apostasimerini > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Apostasimerini > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Apostasimerini.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apostasimerini > Source revision: 1320396257 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) **Apostasimerini** is a tribe of [flower weevils](/source/Flower_weevil) in the family of beetles known as [Curculionidae](/source/Curculionidae). There are over 240 genera and nearly 1700 described species in Apostasimerini.[2][3][4] ## Genera found in North America - *[Acentrinops](/source/Acentrinops)* Casey, 1920 - *[Amercedes](/source/Amercedes)* Casey, 1894 - *[Apinocis](/source/Apinocis)* Lea, 1927 - *[Barilepis](/source/Barilepis)* Casey, 1920 - *[Barilepton](/source/Barilepton)* LeConte, 1876 - *[Barinus](/source/Barinus)* Casey, 1887 - *[Buchananius](/source/Buchananius)* Kissinger, 1957 - *[Calandrinus](/source/Calandrinus)* LeConte, 1876 - *[Catapastinus](/source/Catapastinus)* Champion, 1908 - *[Catapastus](/source/Catapastus)* Casey, 1892 - *[Centrinites](/source/Centrinites)* Casey, 1892 - *[Centrinogyna](/source/Centrinogyna)* Casey, 1892 - *[Centrinoides](/source/Centrinoides)* Champion, 1908 - *[Centrinopus](/source/Centrinopus)* Casey, 1892 - *[Cholinobaris](/source/Cholinobaris)* Casey, 1920 - *[Crotanius](/source/Crotanius)* Casey, 1922 - *[Cylindridia](/source/Cylindridia)* Casey, 1920 - *[Cylindrocerinus](/source/Cylindrocerinus)* Champion, 1908 - *[Cylindrocerus](/source/Cylindrocerus)* Schönherr, 1826 - *[Dealia](/source/Dealia)* Casey, 1922 - *[Diastethus](/source/Diastethus)* Pascoe, 1889 - *[Diorymeropsis](/source/Diorymeropsis)* Champion, 1908 - *[Dirabius](/source/Dirabius)* Casey, 1920 - *[Eisonyx](/source/Eisonyx)* LeConte, 1880 - *[Eugeraeus](/source/Eugeraeus)* Champion, 1908 - *[Geraeopsis](/source/Geraeopsis)* Champion, 1908 - *[Geraeus](/source/Geraeus)* Pascoe, 1889 - *[Haplostethops](/source/Haplostethops)* Casey, 1920 - *[Idiostethus](/source/Idiostethus)* Casey, 1892 - *[Lasiobaris](/source/Lasiobaris)* Champion, 1909 - *[Linogeraeus](/source/Linogeraeus)* Casey, 1920 - *[Lipancylus](/source/Lipancylus)* Wollaston, 1873 - *[Madopterus](/source/Madopterus)* Schönherr, 1836 - *[Microcholus](/source/Microcholus)* LeConte, 1876 - *[Neocratus](/source/Neocratus)* Casey, 1920 - *[Nicentrus](/source/Nicentrus)* Casey, 1892 - *[Odontocorynus](/source/Odontocorynus)* Schönherr, 1844 - *[Oligolochus](/source/Oligolochus)* Casey, 1892 - *[Oomorphidius](/source/Oomorphidius)* Casey, 1892 - *[Orthomerinus](/source/Orthomerinus)* Champion, 1908 - *[Pachybaris](/source/Pachybaris)* LeConte, 1876 - *[Platybaris](/source/Platybaris)* Champion, 1908 - *[Platyonyx](/source/Platyonyx)* Schönherr, 1826 - *[Plocamus](/source/Plocamus)* LeConte, 1876 - *[Prionobaris](/source/Prionobaris)* Champion, 1908 - *[Pseudocentrinus](/source/Pseudocentrinus)* Champion, 1908 - *[Pseudogeraeus](/source/Pseudogeraeus)* Champion, 1908 - *[Pseudorhianus](/source/Pseudorhianus)* Champion, 1908 - *[Pseudorthomerinus](/source/Pseudorthomerinus)* Champion, 1908 - *[Pseudorthoris](/source/Pseudorthoris)* Champion, 1908 - *[Rhianus](/source/Rhianus)* Pascoe, 1889 - *[Sibariops](/source/Sibariops)* Casey, 1920 - *[Stethobaris](/source/Stethobaris)* LeConte, 1876 - *[Stethobaroides](/source/Stethobaroides)* Champion, 1908 - *[Trichodirabius](/source/Trichodirabius)* Casey, 1920 - *[Xystus](/source/Xystus_(weevil))* Schönherr, 1826 - *[Zygobarella](/source/Zygobarella)* Casey, 1920 - *[Zygobarinus](/source/Zygobarinus)* Pierce, 1907 - *[Zygobaris](/source/Zygobaris)* LeConte, 1876 [4] ## References 1. Bouchard, P.; Bousquet, Y.; Davies, A.; Alonso-Zarazaga, M.; Lawrence, J.; Lyal, C.; Newton, A.; Reid, C.; Schmitt, M.; Ślipiński, A.; Smith, A. (2011). ["Family-group names in Coleoptera (Insecta)"](https://archive.org/details/familygroupname88bouc). *ZooKeys*. '***(88): 1–972. [Bibcode:2011ZooK...88....1B](https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2011ZooK...88....1B). [doi:10.3897/zookeys.88.807](https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.88.807). [PMC 3088472](https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3088472). [PMID 21594053](https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/21594053)*** 1. ["Apostasimerini Tribe Information"](https://bugguide.net/node/view/234633). *BugGuide.net*. Retrieved 2018-04-05. 1. ["Apostasimerini Overview"](http://eol.org/pages/42390127/overview). *Encyclopedia of Life*. Retrieved 2018-04-05. 1. O'Brien & Wibmer (1982). "Annotated checklist of the weevils (Curculionidae sensu lato) of North America, Central America, and the West Indies (Coleoptera: Curculionoidea)". *Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute*. '***(34)*** ## Further reading - Alonso-Zarazaga, Miguel A. & Lyal, Christopher H.C. (1999). *A World Catalogue of Families and Genera of Curculionoidea (Insecta: Coleoptera) (Excepting Scotylidae and Platypodidae)*. Entomopraxis. ISBN 84-605-9994-9. - Arnett, R.H. Jr.; Thomas, M. C.; Skelley, P. E.; Frank, J. H. (eds.) (2002). *American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea*. CRC Press. ISBN 978-0849309540. - Blatchley, W.S. (1910). [*An illustrated descriptive catalogue of the Coleoptera, beetles (exclusive of the Rhynchophora) known to occur in Indiana*](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/18111#page/5/mode/1up). Nature Pub. - Bouchard, Patrice; Bousquet, Yves; Davies, Anthony E.; Alonso-Zarazaga, Miguel A. et al. (2011). ["Family-group names in Coleoptera (Insecta)"](https://archive.org/details/familygroupname88bouc). *ZooKeys*. '***(88): 1–972. Pensoft Publishers. [Bibcode:2011ZooK...88....1B](https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2011ZooK...88....1B). [doi:10.3897/zookeys.88.807](https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.88.807). [ISSN 1313-2989](https://www.worldcat.org/issn/1313-2989). [PMC 3088472](https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3088472). [PMID 21594053](https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/21594053)*** - Crotch, G.R. (1873). *Check list of the Coleoptera of America, north of Mexico*. Naturalists' Agency. [doi:10.5962/bhl.title.38811](https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.38811). ISBN 0665070772. - Douglas, H.; Bouchard, P.; Anderson, R.S.; de Tonnancour, P. et al. (2013). ["New Curculionoidea (Coleoptera) records for Canada"](https://archive.org/details/pubmed-PMC3689125). *ZooKeys*. '***(681): 13–48. [doi:10.3897/zookeys.681.12469](https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.681.12469). [PMC 5523881](https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5523881). [PMID 28769721](https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28769721)*** - Evans, Arthur V. & Hogue, James N. (2006). *Field Guide to Beetles of California*. University of California Press. ISBN 978-0520246577. - Klimaszewski, Jan & Watt, J.Charles (1997). ["Coleoptera: family-group review and keys to identification"](https://biotaxa.org/fnz/article/view/1797/). *Fauna of New Zealand*. **37** - Lawrence, J.F. & Newton Jr., A.F. (1995). *Families and subfamilies of Coleoptera (with selected genera, notes, references and data on family-group names)*. Vol. 2. Biology, Phylogeny, and Classification of Coleoptera: Papers Celebrating the 80th Birthday of Roy A. Crowson. Pakaluk, James & Slipinski, Stanislaw Adam (eds.). Muzeum i Instytut Zoologii PAN. pp. 779–1006. ISBN 83-85192-34-4. - LeConte, J.L. (1861). [*Classification of the Coleoptera of North America*](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/85732). Vol. 3, no. 136. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections. Smithsonian Institution. [doi:10.5962/bhl.title.38459](https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.38459). ISBN 0665100558. - Leng, Charles W. (1920). *Catalogue of the Coleoptera of America, North of Mexico*. John D. Sherman, Jr. [doi:10.5962/bhl.title.8777](https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.8777) - White, Richard E. (1998 [1983]). [*A Field Guide to the Beetles of North America (Peterson Field Guides)*](https://archive.org/details/isbn_9780395910894). Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. ISBN 0395910897. --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Apostasimerini](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apostasimerini) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apostasimerini?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.