Species Rhyssomatus texanus

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Size · Range · Season · Remarks · See Also · Print References · Works Cited

Rhyssomatus texanus (Sleeper) - Rhyssomatus texanus

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Coleoptera (Beetles)

Suborder Polyphaga

No Taxon (Series Cucujiformia)

Superfamily Curculionoidea

Family Curculionidae (Snout and Bark Beetles)

Subfamily Molytinae

Genus Rhyssomatus

Species texanus (Rhyssomatus texanus)

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Rhyssomatus texanus (Sleeper)

Orig. Comb: Ryssematus texanus Sleeper 1954

Size

Length 5.1 mm (1)

Range

KS to Mex. - Map (2)(3), many southmost TX records

Season

Apr-Dec (3)

Remarks

Type Locality: McLennon Co., Texas VII-25 in (ELS).

Allotype: Cameron Co., Texas V-30 in (ELS).

Fourteen paratypes: 1 Cameron Co., Texas V-30, 1 Brownsville, Tex. V-25-39, DJ & JNK., in (ELS); 1 Brownsville, Tex. V-25-39-, DJ & JNK., 1 Brownsville, Tex. V-31-39, DJ & JNK., 2 Brownsville, Tex. V-8-35, JNK., 4 Brownsville, Tex. V-15-35, JNK., 3 Brownsville, Tex. V-22-35, JNK. in (OSU); 1 Brownsville, Tex. V-15-35, JNK. in (ELS). (1)

See Also

Nearest R. sculpturatus Champion from Mexico, but broader with coarser vestiture and longer rostrum. (1), Range: se. AZ, s. TX to C. Amer. (3)

Print References

Sleeper, E.L. 1954. New Rhynchophora II. (Coleoptera, Curculionidae). The Ohio Journal of Science, 54(3): 180-186. (1)

Works Cited

1.	New Rhynchophora II (Coleoptera, Curculionidae). Sleeper, E.L. 1954. The Ohio Journal of Science, 54(3): 180-186.

2.	Annotated checklist of the weevils (Curculionidae sensu lato) of North America, Central America, and the West Indies... O'Brien C.W., Wibmer G.J. 1982. Mem. Am. Ent. Inst. 34: x+382 pp.

3.	Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)

Contributed by v belov on 31 January, 2015 - 10:51am
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn
Last updated 14 September, 2022 - 11:51pm

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