{{Short description|Genus of beetles}} {{Use dmy dates|date=December 2019}} {{Automatic taxobox | image = Premnotrypes vorax - 5179011.jpg | image_caption = ''{{ill|Premnotrypes vorax|fr}}'' | display_parents = 2 | taxon = Premnotrypes | authority = Pierce 1914 }}
'''''Premnotrypes''''' ('''Andean potato weevil''') is a genus of weevils (which are beetles). It was described in 1914 by American entomologist W. Dwight Pierce (1881-1967). Several species in the genus are pests, because the larvae feed on potato tubers and the adults on the leaves (one species even has the specific epithet ''solanivorax'', 'potato devourer'). It is native to Latin America, in particular Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador and Peru, but has been recorded as a possible invader on other continents.<ref>{{cite journal |url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/258508#page/402/mode/1up |title=New Potato Weevils from South America |first=W. Dwight |last=Pierce |authorlink=W. Dwight Pierce |journal=J. Agric. Res. |volume=1 |issue=4 |year=1914 |pages=347–352 at 348}} At Biodiversity Heritage Library.</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://dmitriev.speciesfile.org/taxahelp.asp?hc=3563&key=Curculio&lng=En |title=Genus Premnotrypes Pierce, 1914 |website=speciesfile.org |access-date=15 December 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.padil.gov.au/pests-and-diseases/pest/main/142404?pageType=Diagnostic&page=8 |title=Potato weevil |website=padil.gov.au |accessdate=15 December 2019 |archive-date=15 December 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191215032412/http://www.padil.gov.au/pests-and-diseases/pest/main/142404?pagetype=diagnostic&page=8 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.insectimages.org/browse/taxsubject.cfm?fam=529&genus=Premnotrypes |title=Premnotrypes |website=insectimages.org |accessdate=15 December 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://lbst.dk/virksomheder/gartneri/plantesundhed/skadegoererlex/insekter/premnotrypes-spp/ |title=Premnotrypes spp |language=Danish |website={{ill|Landbrugsstyrelsen|da}} |accessdate=15 December 2019}}</ref>
==Species== ''Premnotrypes'' includes the following species:<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.catalogueoflife.org/col/search/all/key/Premnotrypes/match/1 |title=Premnotrypes |website=Catalogue of Life |accessdate=14 December 2019}}</ref>
* ''Premnotrypes clivosus'' (<small>Kuschel 1956</small>) * ''Premnotrypes fractirostris'' (<small>Marshall 1936</small>) * ''{{ill|Premnotrypes latithorax|fr}}'' (<small>Pierce 1914</small>) * ''Premnotrypes piercei'' (<small>Alcalá 1979</small>) * ''Premnotrypes pusillus'' (<small>Kuschel 1956</small>) * ''Premnotrypes sanfordi'' (<small>Pierce 1918</small>) * ''Premnotrypes solani'' (<small>Pierce 1914</small>) (type species) * ''Premnotrypes solaniperda'' (<small>Kuschel 1956</small>) * ''Premnotrypes solanivorax'' (<small>Heller 1935</small>) * ''{{ill|Premnotrypes suturicallus|fr}}'' (<small>Kuschel 1956</small>) * ''{{ill|Premnotrypes vorax|fr}}'' (<small>Hustache 1933</small>) * ''Premnotrypes zischkai'' (<small>Kuschel 1956</small>)
==References== {{Reflist}}
*{{Commons category-inline|Premnotrypes}}
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Category:Curculionidae Category:Beetles described in 1914 Category:Agricultural pest insects Category:Potatoes Category:Taxa named by W. Dwight Pierce
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