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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Curculionoidea » Snout and Bark Beetles (Curculionidae) » Curculioninae » Antlike Weevils (Otidocephalini) » Myrmex » Myrmex dichrous

Species Myrmex dichrous

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Identification · Range · Habitat · Life Cycle · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited
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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 Curculioninae
Tribe Otidocephalini (Antlike Weevils)
Genus Myrmex
Species dichrous (Myrmex dichrous)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Myrmex dichrous (LeConte)
Orig. Comb: Otidocephalus dichrous LeConte 1876
Explanation of Names
Myrmex dichrous = 'two colored ant' (1)
Numbers
31 spp. north of Mexico (2)
Identification

Det. E. G. Riley, 2009
Range
FL-GA (3), + s. TX (4) - Map (5)
Habitat
pineland, hammock (3)
Life Cycle
on and in palmetto and sabal palm fronds (3)
Print References
Schaeffer, C. 1907. New Rhynchophora II. Journal of the New York Entomological Society 15: 75-80.
Internet References
Type - MCZ, Harvard
Works Cited
1.Dictionary of Word Roots and Combining Forms
Donald J. Borror. 1960. Mayfield Publishing Company.
2.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.
3. A distributional checklist of the beetles (Coleoptera) of Florida.
Peck & Thomas. 1998. Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, Gainesville. 180 pp.
4.Illustrated Beetle (Coleoptera) Inventory of the Sabal Palm Sanctuary (Cameron County, Texas)
Edward G. Riley & Michael A. Quinn. 2011. Texas A&M University, Dept. Entomology, College Station.
5.Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
Contributed by Mike Quinn on 12 March, 2009 - 11:48pm
Last updated 29 May, 2022 - 11:47am

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