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Genus Calomycterus

 Imported Long-horned Weevil - Calomycterus setarius snout beetle - Calomycterus setarius Weevil under Digital Microscope- snout - Calomycterus setarius Weevil - Calomycterus setarius Curculionidae, lateral - Calomycterus setarius Weevil - Calomycterus setarius Weevil - Calomycterus setarius Calomycterus setarius - Imported Long-horned Weevil? - Calomycterus setarius
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 Entiminae (Broad-nosed Weevils)
Tribe Cyphicerini (Oriental Broad-nosed Weevils)
Genus Calomycterus
Explanation of Names
Calomycterus Roelofs 1873
Greek calo 'beautiful' + mycter 'nose'
Numbers
A single (adventive) species in our area, 6 spp. total(1)
Range
native to Asia, adventive in NA(1)
Remarks
our only representative of the subtribe Acanthotrachelina Marshall 1944
Works Cited
1.Insects and Arachnids of Canada Series, Part 25. Coleoptera, Curculionidae, Entiminae.
Donald E. Bright, Patrice Bouchard. 2008. 2008. NRC Research Press, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.