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Tribe Conotrachelini

Conotrachelus posticatus ? - Conotrachelus posticatus curculionid - Conotrachelus elegans Conotrachelus posticatus Conotrachelus seniculus Conotrachelus sp.? - Conotrachelus nenuphar Conotrachelus  posticatus? - Conotrachelus posticatus Weevil on common milkweed - Conotrachelus nenuphar Small Gray Weevil - Conotrachelus recessus
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 Molytinae
Tribe Conotrachelini
Explanation of Names
Conotrachelini Jekel 1865
Numbers
7 genera in our area, 22 total(1)
Range
New World, primarily neotropical; widespread in NA(1) [15 spp. reach Canada(2)]
Remarks
Chaleponotus elusus Casey 1892 was described from 'Ind<iana>' based on a mislabeled specimen of an Australian weevil
Works Cited
1.A world catalogue of families and genera of Curculionoidea (Insecta: Coleoptera)
Alonso-Zarazaga M.A., Lyal C.H.C. 1999. Entomopraxis, Barcelona. 315 pp.
2.Checklist of beetles (Coleoptera) of Canada and Alaska. Second edition
Bousquet Y., Bouchard P., Davies A.E., Sikes D.S. 2013. ZooKeys 360: 1–402.