Species Anthonomus juniperinus

Classification · Other Common Names · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Size · Identification · Range · Habitat · Season · Life Cycle · Print References · Works Cited

Anthonomus juniperinus (Sanborn) - Anthonomus juniperinus

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 Anthonomus)

No Taxon (juniperinus group)

Species juniperinus (Anthonomus juniperinus)

Other Common Names

Eastern Red Cedar Weevil

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Anthonomus juniperinus (Sanborn)

Orig. Comb: Erirhinus juniperinus Sanborn 1868

Size

2.0-2.5 mm(1)

Identification

Distinguished from the other species in the group by the well-defined dark postmedian fascia on the elytra forming a V-shaped pattern(1)

Range

e US (TX-FL-MA-KS) (1)

Habitat

Eastern redcedar (Juniperus virginiana) woodlands (1)

Season

common during May in e. MA (Sanborn 1868)

Life Cycle

Larvae develop in fungal galls of Gymnosporangium spp. and in fruits of the host(1)

Print References

Gates D.B., Burke H.R. (1972) Review of the gall-inhabiting weevils of the genus Anthonomus, with description and biology of a new species (Coleoptera: Curculionidae). Annals of the Entomological Society of America 65(5): 1215-1224.

Sanborn F.G. (1868) Description and history of a new species of Erirhinus, E. juniperinus. Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History 12: 81.

Works Cited

1.	The Anthonomus juniperinus group, with descriptions of two new species (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) Clark W.E., Burke H.R. 2010. Insecta Mundi 0119: 1-10.

Contributed by Mike Quinn on 23 March, 2012 - 11:41pm
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Last updated 22 March, 2024 - 11:31am

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