Genus Dryophthorus

Classification · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Range · Works Cited

Curculionidae, ventral - Dryophthorus americanus

A whittle weevil.... - Dryophthorus americanus

Dryophthorus americanus? - Dryophthorus americanus

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 Dryophthorini

Genus Dryophthorus

Explanation of Names

Dryophthorus Germar 1824

Numbers

a single species in our area(1), many in the Old World

Range

much of the world(2); in NA, eastern(1)

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.	A world catalogue of families and genera of Curculionoidea (Insecta: Coleoptera) Alonso-Zarazaga M.A., Lyal C.H.C. 1999. Entomopraxis, Barcelona. 315 pp.

Contributed by tom murray on 4 May, 2006 - 5:56pm
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn, v belov
Last updated 31 January, 2018 - 2:19pm

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