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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Curculionoidea » Fungus Weevils (Anthribidae) » Anthribinae » Platystomini » Phoenicobiella » Phoenicobiella schwarzii

Species Phoenicobiella schwarzii

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Size · Identification · Range · Habitat · Season · Remarks · See Also · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited
Phoenicobiella schwarzii (Schaeffer) - Phoenicobiella schwarzii - male Phoenicobiella schwarzii (Schaeffer) - Phoenicobiella schwarzii - male Phoenicobiella schwarzii (Schaeffer) - Phoenicobiella schwarzii - male Phoenicobiella schwarzii (Schaeffer) - Phoenicobiella schwarzii - male Beetle - Phoenicobiella schwarzii - female Phoenicobiella schwarzii - male
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 Anthribidae (Fungus Weevils)
Subfamily Anthribinae
Tribe Platystomini
Genus Phoenicobiella
Species schwarzii (Phoenicobiella schwarzii)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Phoenicobiella schwarzii (Schaeffer)
Orig. Comb: Phoenicobius schwarzii Schaeffer 1906
Syn: schwarzi - spelling
Explanation of Names
Patronym for Eugene Amandus Schwarz (1844 - 1928), an American entomologist who specialised in Coleoptera.
Numbers
second sp. in GA-FL (third sp. in Cuba) (1)
Size
Large, 6.4-12.2 mm. (2)
Identification
The male antennae can be quite long, extending to nearly twice the body length.
The antennae of the female are much shorter extending from 1/2 to 3/4 the body length. (2)
Range
southmost TX (Hidalgo & Cameron Co.) / ne. Mex. (Tamaulipas). - Map (3)(2)(4)
Habitat
"Taken inside of a dead leaf stem of Sabal mexicana" (Schaeffer 1906)(3)
E. G. Riley (pers. obser., August 2008) reports collecting a series of spmns in southern Tamaulipas, Mexico, by beating the overhanging roof of a native home thatched with palm fronds.(!)
Season
Summary of compiled Texas collecting events by month:
March, (1), May (1), June (1), July (1), August (1), October (1). (2),(BG data)
Remarks
Texas considers this sp. a SGCN (5)
Type Locality: Brownsville, Cameron Co., TX (Schaeffer 1906)
See Also
Phoenicobiella chamaeropis (LeConte)
- Range: se. US
Print References
Riley, E.G. & J.E. King. 2009. Element record datasheets submitted to Texas Parks & Wildlife Department, Wildlife Division, Austin. (2)
Schaeffer, C. 1906. New Anthribidae. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 32: 267-278. (Full Text)
Valentine, B. D. 1998 (1999). A review of Nearctic and some related Anthribidae (Coleoptera). Insecta Mundi 12(3-4): 251-296. (3)
Internet References
Type Info - Smithsonian
Works Cited
1.American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea
Arnett, R.H., Jr., M. C. Thomas, P. E. Skelley and J. H. Frank. (eds.). 2002. CRC Press LLC, Boca Raton, FL.
2.Element record datasheets, submitted to Texas Parks & Wildlife Department, Wildlife Division, Austin.
Riley E.G., King J.E. 2009.
3.A review of Nearctic and some related Anthribidae (Coleoptera)
Valentine B.D. 1998. Insecta Mundi 12: 251‒296.
4.Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
5.Texas "Species of Greatest Conservation Need" (SGCN) - TPWD
Contributed by Mike Quinn on 11 March, 2009 - 10:40pm
Additional contributions by v belov
Last updated 23 March, 2023 - 1:45pm

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