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Phyxelis rigidus
Species
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