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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Curculionoidea » Snout and Bark Beetles (Curculionidae) » Dryophthorinae » Rhynchophorini » Sphenophorina » Bromeliad Weevils (Metamasius) » Metamasius hemipterus

Species Metamasius hemipterus

Classification · Explanation of Names · Range · Remarks · Internet References · Works Cited
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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 Metamasius (Bromeliad Weevils)
Species hemipterus (Metamasius hemipterus)
Explanation of Names
Metamasius hemipterus (Linnaeus 1758)
Range
native to the Neotropics, adventive in our area (FL)
Remarks
Pest of sugarcane, palms and bananas
First recorded in our area: FL 1984

the population in Florida belongs to the form sericeus, which by a recent molecular study(1), deserves species rank
Internet References
Fact sheet (Weissling & Giblin-Davis 2017)(2)
Works Cited
1.Phylogenetic assessment of the Metamasius hemipterus species complex (Coleoptera, Curculionidae, Dryophthorinae)
Palmieri L, Chamorro M, Sharma P. 2022. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 175: 107589.
2.University of Florida: Featured Creatures
Contributed by Jim McClarin on 15 February, 2006 - 4:28am
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, Boris Bueche, v belov
Last updated 6 February, 2023 - 10:45am

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