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Species Phyxelis rigidus

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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.