Car is a genus of weevils belonging to the family Caridae.Bisby F.A., Roskov Y.R., Orrell T.M., Nicolson D., Paglinawan L.E., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., Baillargeon G., Ouvrard D. (eds.) (April 28, 2011). "Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist.". Species 2000: Reading, UK. Retrieved 14 May 2024 It was first described by Australian entomologist, Thomas Blackburn in 1897.Blackburn, T. 1897: Further notes on Australian Coleoptera, with descriptions of new genera and species. XXI. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia (1890), 21(1): 28–39.
Car is the only genus in the family Caridae. There are four known species:
Car condensatus Blackb., 1897 Car cylindrirostris Voss, 1932 Car intermedius Lea, 1926 Car pini Lea, 1911
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