Species Sphenophorus coesifrons

Classification · Explanation of Names · Range · Works Cited

Billbug's - Sphenophorus coesifrons - male - female

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Sphenophorus coesifrons Gyllenhal - Sphenophorus coesifrons

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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 Dryophthorinae

Tribe Rhynchophorini

Subtribe Sphenophorina

Genus Sphenophorus (Billbugs)

Species coesifrons (Sphenophorus coesifrons)

Explanation of Names

Sphenophorus coesifrons Gyllenhal 1838

coesifrons 'notched forehead' (feature not diagnostic for the sp.)

Range

across so. US north to NC-CO; Mexico(1)(2)(BG data)

Works Cited

1.	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.

2.	A Distributional Checklist of the Beetles (Coleoptera) of Florida

Contributed by v belov on 23 May, 2009 - 8:28am
Additional contributions by Chuck Entz, Mike Quinn
Last updated 27 January, 2017 - 10:07am

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