Genus Stenopelmus

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stout little weevil - Stenopelmus rufinasus

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 Curculionidae (Snout and Bark Beetles)

Subfamily Erirhininae

Genus Stenopelmus

Numbers

A single species.(1)

Range

so. Canada and the U.S.(1); holarctic(2).

Habitat

Wetlands(1)

Food

Associated with Azolla (Salviniaceae).(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.)

2.	The Beetles of Northeastern North America, Vol. 1 and 2. By Downie, N.M., and R.H. Arnett

Contributed by v belov on 7 October, 2009 - 10:27pm

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