Tournotaris
Alonso-Zarazaga & Lyal, 1999
Species Guides
1Tournotaris is a of weevils established in 1999, currently placed in the Brachyceridae (sometimes treated as Erirhinidae or within Curculionidae in older classifications). The genus contains native to Europe, with records from Denmark, Norway, and Sweden. At least one species, Tournotaris bimaculatus, has been described.
Pronunciation
How to pronounce Tournotaris: /ˌtɔːr.noʊˈtɛərɪs/
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Distribution
Recorded from Denmark (DK), Norway (NO), and Sweden (SE).
Misconceptions
placement varies across sources: treated as Brachyceridae in Catalogue of Life, as Erirhinidae in NCBI, and as Curculionidae in iNaturalist. This reflects ongoing taxonomic revision of weevil family-level classification.
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Taxonomic history
The was described by Alonso-Zarazaga and Lyal in 1999. The type and total number of included species remain to be clarified in published literature.
Data limitations
The 162 iNaturalist observations suggest field presence, but published biological and ecological data for this appear sparse.