Species Phyxelis rigidus

Classification · Explanation of Names · Size · Range · Habitat · Life Cycle · Works Cited

Snout and Bark Beetle - Phyxelis rigidus

Curculionidae, dorsal - Phyxelis rigidus

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 Tropiphorini

Genus Phyxelis

Species rigidus (Phyxelis rigidus)

Explanation of Names

Phyxelis rigidus (Say 1831)

rigidus = 'hard'

Size

3.2-4.1 mm(1)

Range

NB-NC to AB-AZ(1)

Habitat

leaf litter in forested habitats; under stones and ground debris; on low vegetation(1)(2)

Life Cycle

known only from female specimens, likely parthenogenetic(1)

Hibernates as an imago under piles of weeds and rubbish in fields and gardens(2)

Works Cited

1.	A revision of the weevil genus Phyxelis Schönherr 1843 (Coleoptera: Curculionidae; Entiminae; Tropiphorini) in North America Anderson R.S. 2018. Ins. Syst. Divers. 2: 1-11.

2.	Rhynchophora or weevils of North Eastern America Blatchley and Leng. 1916. Nature Publishing Co., Indianapolis, Indiana. 682 pp.

Contributed by Boris Büche on 30 March, 2007 - 11:50am
Additional contributions by v belov, onegunah, Marci Hess
Last updated 13 November, 2019 - 5:34pm

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