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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Curculionoidea » Snout and Bark Beetles (Curculionidae) » Curculioninae » Anthonomini » Anthonomus » subgenus Cnemocyllus (Anthonomus subgenus Cnemocyllus) » Anthonomus decipiens

Species Anthonomus decipiens

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Size · Identification · Range · Food · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited
Anthonomus decipiens LeConte - Anthonomus decipiens Anthonomus decipiens LeConte - Anthonomus decipiens Anthonomus decipiens LeConte - Anthonomus decipiens Anthonomus decipiens LeConte - Anthonomus decipiens
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)
Species decipiens (Anthonomus decipiens)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
=affinis LeConte 1876-207
=aphanostephi Pierce 1908-177
=canus LeConte 1876-207
=lineatulus Dietz 1891-245
=nanus LeConte 1876-207 [not Gyllenhal 1836]
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Explanation of Names
Anthonomus decipiens LeConte 1876
decipiens 'deceptive'
Size
1.8‒2.2 mm(1)
Identification
males (even if abraded) easily recognizable because of the distinctive shape of the metatibia (esp. the mucro) (1)
Range
CA to NE‒TX; Mexico - Map (1)(2), most records sc US
Food
hosts: various Asteraceae(1)
Print References
LeConte, J.L. and G.H. Horn. 1876. The Rhynchopora of America North of Mexico. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society held at Philadelphia for promoting useful knowledge 15: 1–455.
Internet References
Type - MCZ, Harvard
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.
2.Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
Contributed by Mike Quinn on 13 June, 2012 - 1:10pm
Additional contributions by v belov
Last updated 19 January, 2024 - 4:15pm

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