Apion (beetle)

Apion is a genus of beetles belonging to the family Brentidae.^[1] The genus was first described in 1797 by Johann Friedrich Wilhelm Herbst.^[2][3]

Apion
Apion frumentarium
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Cucujiformia
Family:	Brentidae
Genus:	Apion Herbst, 1797

Species

Species found in Australia include:^[2]

Apion orthodoxum Lea, 1926 Apion amabile Lea, 1899 Apion astri Lea, 1926 Apion basiinflatum Lea, 1926 Apion binotatum Lea, 1899 Apion carpophagum Lea, 1899 Apion comosum Pascoe, 1874 Apion condensatum Lea, 1899 Apion convexipenne Lea, 1910 Apion foveicolle Lea, 1899 Apion fuscosuturale Lea, 1899 Apion hoblerae Lea, 1915 Apion immundum Lea, 1899 Apion integricolle Lea, 1899 Apion melvillense Lea, 1926 Apion microscopicum Lea, 1910

Apion nigroterminale Lea, 1915 Apion pavocastaneum Lea, 1926 Apion philanthum Lea, 1899 Apion pictipes Lea, 1926 Apion pilistriatum Lea, 1910 Apion pudicum Lea, 1899 Apion pulicare Pascoe, 1874 Apion quadricolor Lea, 1926 Apion rivulare Lea, 1926 Apion solani Lea, 1899 Apion subopacum Lea, 1910 Apion tasmanicum Lea, 1910 Apion teretirostre Lea, 1899 Apion terraereginae Blackburn, 1892 Apion turbidum Lea, 1910

Additional species listed by GBIF include:^[4]

Apion alutaceicollis Richard, 1958 Apion antennatum (J.B.Smith, 1884) Apion atratum Gravenhorst, 1807 Apion attenuatum Smith, 1884 Apion chloris Gravenhorst, 1807 Apion crotalariae (Fabricius, 1801) Apion cruentatum Walton, 1844 Apion cuprescens Mannerheim, 1843 Apion dellabeffae Schatzmayr, 1922 Apion disparatum (Sharp, 1890) Apion distincticolle Desbrochers, 1870 Apion exiguum Béguin-Billecocq, 1905 Apion extensum (J.B.Smith, 1884) Apion femorale (Fabricius, 1801) Apion frumentarium (Linnaeus, 1758) Apion graecum Desbrochers, 1897 Apion guadelupense Hustache, 1929 Apion haematodes Kirby, 1808

Apion hustachei Ferragu, 1967 Apion iteratum Kissinger, 1974 Apion khnzoriani Zherikhin, 1971 Apion kissingeri Ferragu, 1967 Apion kuntzeni (Wagner, 1924) Apion limbatum Thunberg, 1813 Apion longirostre Gravenhorst, 1807 Apion longithorax Desbrochers, 1889 Apion mauritii Béguin-Billecocq, 1905 Apion pamanzianum Béguin-Billecocq, 1904 Apion pauxillum Beguin-Billecocq, 1905 Apion pilosellumGravenhorst, 1807 Apion punctiger (Paykull, 1792) Apion rubens Stephens, 1839 Apion rubiginosum Grill, 1893 Apion strigipenne Schilsky, 1902 Apion subdiscedens (Voss, 1953)