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subgenus Cnemocyllus

Weevil from Utah (3) 10.07.03 - Anthonomus jacobinus

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 Curculioninae

Tribe Anthonomini

Genus Anthonomus

No Taxon subgenus Cnemocyllus

Explanation of Names

Cnemocyllus Dietz 1891

Numbers

21 spp. in our area, 23 total (arranged into 5 species-groups)(1)

Identification

variability is very significant, and species identification usually requires large series and/or examining male characters

Range

Canada to Mexico; in our area, 2 spp. in the east, the rest are western(1)

Food

associated with Asteraceae(1)

Works Cited

1.	Revision of the subgenus Cnemocyllus Dietz of the weevil genus Anthonomus Germar (Coleoptera: Curculionidae, Anthonomini) Wayne E. Clark and Horace R. Burke. 2005. INSECTA MUNDI, Vol. 19, No. 1-2: 1-54.

Contributed by v belov on 29 September, 2011 - 4:41pm
Last updated 21 March, 2013 - 8:35pm

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