{{short description|Species of beetle}} {{Speciesbox | genus = Caecossonus | species = dentipes | authority = Gilbert, 1955 }}

'''''Caecossonus dentipes''''' is a species of [[true weevil]] in the [[beetle]] family [[Curculionidae]] are the family of the "true" weevils (or "[[Snout Beetles|snout beetles]]"). They are one of the largest animal families, with 5,489 genera and 82,741[1] species described worldwide.<ref name=itis/><ref name=catlife/><ref name=bugref/> It is found in North America.<ref name=itis/> a molytine tribe endemic to [[Central America]], the [[List of Caribbean islands|Caribbean Islands]] and some areas of the USA (blind genera are, among others, Caecossonus Gilbert, 1955; Decuanellus Osella, 1977; Pseudoalaocybites Osella, 1980). <ref>[https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/11250000701629473 Studies on Oriental Molytinae. IV. Anonyxmolytes lilliput new genus and new species from Vietnam (Coleoptera, Curculionidae)]</ref>

==References== {{Reflist|refs= <ref name=itis> {{Cite web| title=''Caecossonus dentipes'' Report | url=https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=617601 | website=Integrated Taxonomic Information System | access-date=2018-05-01 }}</ref> <ref name=catlife> {{Cite web| title=''Caecossonus dentipes'' species details | url=http://www.catalogueoflife.org/col/details/species/id/6ae13fcc16c579f138d1d496718d4add | website=Catalogue of Life | access-date=2018-05-01 }}</ref> <ref name=bugref> {{Cite web| title=''Caecossonus dentipes'' Species Information | url=https://bugguide.net/node/view/349098 | website=BugGuide.net | access-date=2018-05-01 }}</ref> }}

==Further reading== {{refbegin}} * {{Cite book | title = Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 7: Curculionoidea I | date = 2013 | editor-last1 = Lobl | editor-first1 = I. | editor-last2 = Smetana | editor-first2 = A. | publisher = Apollo Books | isbn = 978-90-04-26093-1 }} * {{Cite book | title = Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 8: Curculionoidea II | date = 2013 | editor-last1 = Lobl | editor-first1 = I. | editor-last2 = Smetana | editor-first2 = A. | publisher = Apollo Books | isbn = 978-90-04-25916-4 }} {{refend}}

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[[Category:Molytinae]] [[Category:Articles created by Qbugbot]] [[Category:Beetles described in 1955]]

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