title: Haplostethops
text: # Haplostethops
  
  Haplostethops is a genus of flower weevils in the beetle family Curculionidae. There are about eight described species in Haplostethops. The genus name is masculine, contrary to some sources, following ICZN Article 30.1.4.3: "A compound genus-group name ending in -ops is to be treated as masculine, regardless of its derivation or of its treatment by its author."
  
  ## Species
  
  These eight species belong to the genus Haplostethops:
  
  * Haplostethops caviventris Blatchley, 1922
  * Haplostethops ellipsoideus (Casey, 1892)
  * Haplostethops elongatus Casey, 1920
  * Haplostethops fusiformis Casey, 1920
  * Haplostethops gravidulus Casey, 1920
  * Haplostethops marginatus Casey, 1920
  * Haplostethops scaphinellus Casey, 1920
  