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Species Catapastus squamirostris

Catapastus squamirostris Casey - Catapastus squamirostris Catapastus squamirostris Casey - Catapastus squamirostris
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 Baridinae (Flower Weevils)
Tribe Apostasimerini
Genus Catapastus
Species squamirostris (Catapastus squamirostris)
Explanation of Names
Catapastus squamirostris Casey 1920
squamirostris (L). 'scaly snout' (1)
Numbers
6 spp. n. of Mex. (2)
Size
1.85 mm (Casey 1920)
Range
s. Texas (3)(4)(BG data)
Food
Associated with various spp. of pricklyash - Zanthoxylum (Rutaceae) (2)
Zanthoxylum spp. - USDA Plants Profile
Remarks
Type Locality: Brownsville, Texas
Print References
Casey, T.L. 1920. Some descriptive studies among the American Barinae. Memoirs on the Coleoptera 9: 300–516. Full Text
Internet References
Type Info - Smithsonian
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.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.
4.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.