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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Curculionoidea » Snout and Bark Beetles (Curculionidae) » Broad-nosed Weevils (Entiminae) » Naupactini » Phacepholis » Phacepholis elegans

Species Phacepholis elegans

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Size · Identification · Range · Remarks · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited
Phacepholis elegans Horn - Phacepholis elegans Phacepholis elegans Horn - Phacepholis elegans Phacepholis elegans Horn - Phacepholis elegans Phacepholis elegans Horn - Phacepholis elegans Curculionidae on Prosopis - Phacepholis elegans Curculionidae on Prosopis - Phacepholis elegans
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 Naupactini
Genus Phacepholis
Species elegans (Phacepholis elegans)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Phacepholis elegans Horn, 1876
(= Pantomorus (Phacepholis) metallicus Pierce, 1913)
Size
6-8 mm
Identification
Scutellum indistinct, scales usually green, intermixed with several rows of bristles on elytral intervals.
Eyes moderately convex, pronotal sides only slightly rounded.
Range
AZ-TX-MO-NE - Map, also ?:CA,CO,IO,ND,NV
Remarks
Similar, but more prominent eyes, pronotal sides more constricted to base
P. viridis (Champion, 1911) - Range: LA to Mex.
Print References
Lanteri, A. 1990. Systematic revision and cladistic analysis of Phacepholis Horn (Coleoptera: Curculionidae). Southwestern Entomologist 15: 179-204. (1)
Internet References
Type - MCZ, Harvard
Works Cited
1.Systematic revision and cladistic analysis of Phacepholis Horn (Coleoptera: Curculionidae)
Lanteri A. 1990. Southw. Entomol. 15: 179-204.
Contributed by Boris Büche on 10 August, 2018 - 4:38am
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn
Last updated 15 April, 2023 - 10:35am

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