Noterapion Kissinger, 2002

Kissinger, David G., 2005, Review Of Apioninae Of Chile (Coleoptera: Curculionoidea: Apionidae), The Coleopterists Bulletin 59 (1), pp. 71-90 : 75

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.1649/0010-065X(2005)059[0071:ROAOCC]2.0.CO;2
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/942DAE20-0214-043A-FE32-B01CFC19FCA9
treatment provided by	Tatiana
scientific name	Noterapion Kissinger
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Genus Noterapion Kissinger

Noterapion Kissinger, 2002: 315 . Type species: Apion meorrhynchum Philippi and Philippi, 1864 , by original designation.

The genus was assigned as the type genus (monotypic) of the apionine tribe Noterapionini Kissinger (2004) . It contains seven species which are associated with Nothofagus Blume View in CoL , the southern beech, between latitude 34 8 58 9 S and 54 8 55 9 S in Chile. N. meorrhynchum oviposites in freshly abandoned leaf galls of a cynipid wasp ( Paraulax sp. ); 1 gall may produce up to 12 weevils. See Kissinger (2004) for a key to the species.