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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Longhorn and Leaf Beetles (Chrysomeloidea) » Leaf Beetles (Chrysomelidae) » Pea and Bean Weevils (Bruchinae) » Amblycerini » Amblycerus

Genus Amblycerus

Classification · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Range · Remarks · Works Cited
Beetle - Amblycerus robiniae Brown mottled beetle - Amblycerus robiniae Unrecognized Beetle - Amblycerus Amblycerus? - Amblycerus Bruchinae, mandibles - Amblycerus robiniae beetle - Amblycerus robiniae ID this beetle? - Amblycerus Amblycerus robiniae
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Coleoptera (Beetles)
Suborder Polyphaga
No Taxon (Series Cucujiformia)
Superfamily Chrysomeloidea (Longhorn and Leaf Beetles)
Family Chrysomelidae (Leaf Beetles)
Subfamily Bruchinae (Pea and Bean Weevils)
Tribe Amblycerini
Genus Amblycerus
Explanation of Names
Amblycerus Thunberg 1815
Numbers
7 species in our area + many more in the Neotropics (1)(2)

Species: (2)
Amblycerus eustrophoides - Cuba, Mexico, Costa Rica, Florida (from Drypetes laterifolia)
Amblycerus ireriae - TX (rare) (3)
Amblycerus nigromarginatus - US (FL) to Brazil
Amblycerus robiniae - widespread in US, into Mexico - Map (3)
Amblycerus schwarzi - FL
Amblycerus sosia - FL introduction
Amblycerus vitis - AZ, w. TX, likely into Mexico
Range
most of the US, with a single widely distributed sp. (A. robiniae: NH-FL west to AB-OR-CA) and others in the extreme south (3 FL, 2 TX, 1 AZ)(2)
Remarks
our only representative of the subtribe Amblycerina Bridwell 1932
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.Handbook of the Bruchidae of the United States and Canada
Kingsolver J.M. 2004. USDA Tech. Bull. 1912 (2 vols.).
3.Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
Contributed by Jim McClarin on 26 November, 2006 - 4:08pm
Additional contributions by Bbarnd, Mike Quinn, v belov
Last updated 27 March, 2022 - 5:37pm

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