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Apionidae
Family APIONIDAE pear-shaped weevils
J. McNamara
Thirty-five species of Apionidae are recorded in
Canada and Alaska. The larvae feed on leaves and
stems, carrsing galls, or develop within the seeds of
various plants. The adults usually feed on leaves.
Than}s to the work of Kissinger (1968), the taxonomy
of t;he North and Central American species is
well known.
aK (3); vK (3); NT (3); BC (12); AB (20); SK (13);
MB (15); ON (17); PQ (13); NB (2); NS (2); NF (1)
. I(1)
Tlibe Nanophyini
Genus NAN{)PHYES Schonherr
Nanoda cty lus Blatchley
Nanodes Schtinherr
P se udo ty c hius Blatchley
(Subgenus NANOPHYES s. str.)
N. canadens s W.J. Brown
AB
SK MB
T?ibe Apionini
Genus APION Herbst
(Subgenus ALOCENTRON Schilsky)
A. attenuatum Smith
(Subgenus C ERATAPION Schilsky)
BC A,E MB ON
PQ
A. contusum Smith
notabile, Buchanan
spinipes Fall
A. extensum Smith
(Subgenus C OELOCEPHALAPION Wagner)
SK
PQ
A. carinatun. Smith
concoloratum Srlrilh
A. emaciipes Fall
A. segnipes Siay
(Subgenus E UTRICHAPION Reitter)
ON
ON
ON
A. alaskanun Fall AK
A. cavifrons .-eConte
A. cyanitinctum Fall
A. huron Falt
AK
(Subgenus F,{ILAPION Kissinger)
A. finitimum FaIi
A. impeditum Fall
A. melanarium Gerstaecker
A. occidentale Fall
A. pennsylvanicum Boheman
erythrocerum Srlrith
A. robustum Smith
obesum Srrlith
A. speculifenrm Fall
(Subgenus L-APION Roudier & Tempere)
(ftios Deville)
A. frosti Kissinger
A. idiastes K.,ssinger
(Subgenus PERAPION Wagrrer)
YK
YK
NT BC AB
_BCAB
NTBCAB_MB
AB_MB
_ _ BCT
_AB
BC AB
AB
AB
SK
SK
SK
SK
-pe
ON
MB ON
-oN
mn oN
MB
-oNPQ
-ONPQ
PQ
PQ
PQ
PQ
NB
NS
A. punctinasrm Smith
A. wickhami Kissinger
BC AB SK MB ON
_ABSK
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