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Genus Pandeleteius

Snout Beetle - Pandeleteius hilaris Unknown Weevil - Pandeleteius Pandeleteius Pandeleteius nodifer Champion - Pandeleteius nodifer Pandeleteius defectus? - Pandeleteius defectus Curculionid - Pandeleteius Pandeleteius cinereus (Horn) - Pandeleteius cinereus Pandeleteius hilaris(?) - Pandeleteius hilaris - male - female
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 Tanymecini
Genus Pandeleteius
Explanation of Names
Pandeleteius Schönherr 1834
Numbers
13 spp. in our area(1)
Identification
See Howden (1959) to separate the spp.
Range
e. NA to sw. US (1)
e. NA: Pandeleteius hilaris (Herbst)
s. FL, s. TX: Pandeleteius nodifer Champion
all other spp. w. US
Food
Adults in oaks (Quercus) or on legumes (Fabaceae)(1), or a variety of other plants
Print References
Howden A.T. (1959) A revision of the species of Pandeleteius Schönherr and Pandeleteinus Champion of America North of Mexico (Coleoptera: Curculionidae). Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences 29(10): 361-421. (2)
Works Cited
1.American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea
Arnett, R.H., Jr., M. C. Thomas, P. E. Skelley and J. H. Frank. (eds.). 2002. CRC Press LLC, Boca Raton, FL.
2.A revision of the species of Pandeleteius Schonherr and Pandeleteinus Champion of America north of Mexico
A T Howden. 1959. Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci., San Francisco (4) 29: 361-421.