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Genus Sirocalodes

Weevil on Steer's Head - Sirocalodes sericans

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 Ceutorhynchinae (Minute Seed Weevils)

Tribe Ceutorhynchini

Genus Sirocalodes

Explanation of Names

Sirocalodes Voss 1958

Numbers

3 spp. in our area(1), ca. 20 total(2)

Range

Holarctic genus(2); in our area, w. & so. US + MB(1)

Food

on Papaveraceae(2)

Works Cited

1.	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.

2.	Catalogue of Ceutorhynchinae of the world, with a key to genera (Insecta Coleoptera Curculionidae) Colonnelli E. 2004. Argania Editio, Barcelona. 124 pp.

Contributed by v belov on 10 June, 2010 - 3:05pm
Last updated 25 January, 2013 - 9:12pm

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