Orchestes is a genus of beetles either classified in the subfamily Rhynchaeninae or in the tribe Rhamphini of the subfamily Curculioninae, of the 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. 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.
Species
Orchestes affinis
Orchestes africanus
Orchestes alboscutellatus
Orchestes alni
Orchestes amplithorax
Orchestes amurensis
Orchestes angustifrons
Orchestes animosus
Orchestes anoploidens
Orchestes aterrimus
Orchestes atricapillus
Orchestes australiae
Orchestes avellanae
Orchestes betuleti
Orchestes bifasciatus
Orchestes bimaculatus
Orchestes calcar
Orchestes calceatus
Orchestes camerunicus
Orchestes carnifex
Orchestes cinereus
Orchestes confinis
Orchestes confundatus
Orchestes crassus
Orchestes crinitus
Orchestes decoratus
Orchestes depressus
Orchestes distans
Orchestes ephippiatus
Orchestes erythropus
Orchestes fagi
Orchestes fasciculatus
Orchestes ferrugineus
Orchestes flavescens
Orchestes flavus
Orchestes foedatus
Orchestes fragariae
Orchestes harunire
Orchestes haematicus
Orchestes horii
Orchestes horridus
Orchestes hortorum
Orchestes hustachei
Orchestes ilicis
Orchestes illinoisensis
Orchestes japonicus
Orchestes jota
Orchestes koltzei
Orchestes lateritius
Orchestes lecontei
Orchestes lonicerae
Orchestes maurus
Orchestes melancholicus
Orchestes melanocephalus
Orchestes mixtus
Orchestes mollis
Orchestes monedula
Orchestes mutabilis
Orchestes nigricollis
Orchestes nigriventris
Orchestes nitens
Orchestes ornatus
Orchestes pacificus
Orchestes pallicornis
Orchestes pallidior
Orchestes peregrinus
Orchestes perpusillus
Orchestes pilosus
Orchestes plantaris
Orchestes populi
Orchestes pratensis
Orchestes puberulus
Orchestes pubescens
Orchestes pulicarius
Orchestes quercus
Orchestes rhodopus
Orchestes rufescens
Orchestes ruficornis
Orchestes rufipennis
Orchestes rufitarsis
Orchestes rufus
Orchestes rugosus
Orchestes rusci
Orchestes saliceti
Orchestes salicis
Orchestes salicola
Orchestes sanguinipes
Orchestes scitus
Orchestes scutellaris
Orchestes semirufus
Orchestes signatus
Orchestes signifer
Orchestes similis
Orchestes sparsus
Orchestes spinosus
Orchestes stigma
Orchestes subfasciatus
Orchestes suturalis
Orchestes tomentosus
Orchestes uniformis
Orchestes waltoni
Orchestes weidenbachianus
Orchestes vestitus
Orchestes viminalis
Orchestes x-album
References
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.