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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Curculionoidea » Snout and Bark Beetles (Curculionidae) » Curculioninae » Antlike Weevils (Otidocephalini) » Myrmex » Myrmex scrobicollis
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Snout Beetle - Myrmex scrobicollis
Copyright © 2008 Marvin Smith

Snout Beetle - Myrmex scrobicollis
Ozark Mountains, Searcy County, Arkansas, USA
May 16, 2008
Size: 3mm
Found crawling on my arm after a walk in the woods. (Snout beetles are preferable to ticks any day.)

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Contributed by Marvin Smith on 18 May, 2008 - 12:13am
Last updated 30 May, 2009 - 2:06pm

Myrmex cf. scrobicollis (Boheman)
Charles O'Brien det.

Moved from Myrmex.
… v belov, 30 May, 2009 - 2:06pm login or register to post comments

Genus Myrmex
Looks good to my untrained eye. Thanks to everyone for their help.
… Marvin Smith, 12 June, 2008 - 2:14am login or register to post comments

a Myrmex sp
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… v belov, 11 June, 2008 - 3:29pm login or register to post comments

strange!
Possibly Curculionidae, but I´m not sure.
… Boris Büche, 3 June, 2008 - 7:00am login or register to post comments

 
Me neither
I reckon we'll just let this cute little critter remain homeless for a while longer.
… Marvin Smith, 3 June, 2008 - 10:44am login or register to post comments

 
Otidocephalini?
This looks a lot like the antlike curculionids in that tribe. Maybe Myrmex? I've collected specimens in the Amazon and Thailand and a few from North America.
… Rick Buss, 4 June, 2008 - 3:58pm login or register to post comments

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