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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Water, Rove, Scarab, Longhorn, Leaf and Snout Beetles (Polyphaga) » Snout and Bark Beetles (Curculionoidea) » Snout and Bark Beetles (Curculionidae) » Dryophthorinae » Rhynchophorini » Rhodobaenus

Genus Rhodobaenus

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Cockleburr Billbug - Rhodobaenus quinquepunctatus Cocklebur Billbug - Rhodobaenus quinquepunctatus Cocklebur Weevil - Rhodobaenus quinquepunctatus Ironweed Weevil - Rhodobaenus tredecimpunctatus red weevil with black spots - Rhodobaenus red weevil with black spots - Rhodobaenus quinquepunctatus Myastery Beetle3 - Rhodobaenus tredecimpunctatus Curculio - Rhodobaenus tredecimpunctatus
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Coleoptera (Beetles)
Suborder Polyphaga (Water, Rove, Scarab, Longhorn, Leaf and Snout Beetles)
Superfamily Curculionoidea (Snout and Bark Beetles)
Family Curculionidae (Snout and Bark Beetles)
Subfamily Dryophthorinae
Tribe Rhynchophorini
Genus Rhodobaenus
Explanation of Names
Author of genus is LeConte, 1876.
Numbers
Nearctica.com lists 3 species: pustulosus, quinquepunctatus, tredecimpunctatus.
Identification
See this diagram for some comments on identification of species in this genus:
Internet References
Beetles of Florida lists R. quinquepunctatus and R. tredecimpunctatus.
North Carolina State University Entomology Collection lists for that state, with number pinned: quinquepunctatus (15), tredecimpunctatus (183)
Contributed by Lynette Schimming on 25 June, 2005 - 3:01pm
Additional contributions by cotinis
Last updated 17 December, 2007 - 8:40am

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