Genus Coelocephalapion

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Numbers · Range · Food · Works Cited

Coelocephalapion subornatum (Fall) - Coelocephalapion subornatum

Coelocephalapion buchanani (Kissinger) - Coelocephalapion buchanani

Coelocephalapion aculeatum (Fall) - Coelocephalapion aculeatum

Coelocephalapion fumitarse (Fall) - Coelocephalapion fumitarse

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 Brentidae (Straight-snouted Weevils)

Subfamily Apioninae

Genus Coelocephalapion

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Genus listed in Arnett et al. 2002 under Brentidae: Apioninae: Incertae sedis (1) (Latin for "of uncertain placement"), a term used to define a taxonomic group where its broader relationships are unknown or undefined.

Numbers

22 spp n. of Mex (1)

Range

Generally distributed (1)

Food

Associated mostly with Fabaceae and Asteraceae (1)

Works Cited

1.	American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea By Arnett, R.H., Jr., M. C. Thomas, P. E. Skelley and J. H. Frank. (eds.)

Contributed by Mike Quinn on 15 March, 2009 - 9:41pm
Last updated 16 March, 2009 - 5:24am

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