Orchestes

Orchestes
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Family:	Curculionidae
Subfamily:	Rhynchaeninae
Genus:	Orchestes Illiger, 1798
Type species
Curculio viminalis Fabricius, 1775

Orchestes is a genus of beetles in the subfamily Rhynchaeninae of family Curculionidae. It encompasses six species in North America, including Orchestes alni, and more in Eurasia. It was previously regarded as a synonym of Rhynchaenus, which is now used with a more restricted definition.^[1] The name Pedetes (normally used for the springhares) has been used as a manuscript name for this genus around 1799, but not published as a valid name.^[2]

References

1. ^ Anderson et al., 2007
2. ^ Creutzer, 1799, p. 126; Crotch, 1870, p. 51

Literature cited

• Anderson, R.S. 1989. Revision of the subfamily Rhynchaeninae in North America (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) (subscription required). Transactions of the American Entomological Society 115(3):207–312.
• Anderson, R.S., O'Brien, C.W., Salsbury, G.A. and Krauth, S.J. 2007. Orchestes alni (L.) newly discovered in North America (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) (subscription required). Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society 80(1):78–79.
• Creutzer, C. 1799. Entomologische Versuche. Schaumburg und comp.
• Crotch, G.R. 1870. The genera of Coleoptera studied chronologically (1735–1801). Transactions of the Royal Entomological Society of London 1870(1):41–52.