Genus Arrenodes

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Range · Remarks · Works Cited

Oak Timberworm - Arrenodes minutus - male

Brown beetle with yellow spots and a snout - Arrenodes minutus

Brentidae: Arrhenodes minutus - Arrenodes minutus - male - female

Arrhenodes minutus - Arrenodes minutus - male

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 Brentidae (Primitive Weevils)

Subfamily Brentinae

Tribe Brentini

Genus Arrenodes

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Arrhenodes Schönherr 1826

Explanation of Names

Arrenodes Schönherr 1823

Probably from Greek arrhenodes (αρρενωδης) 'brave'(1).

Numbers

monotypic genus(2)

Range

e. US(3)

Remarks

discussion of nomenclature

Works Cited

1.	Composition of scientific words Brown R.W. 1956. Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington, DC. 882 pp.

2.	BioLib.cz

3.	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.

Contributed by Phillip Harpootlian on 31 May, 2005 - 8:23am
Additional contributions by cotinis, Matthew Roth, Chuck Entz, nebbeetle, v belov
Last updated 7 September, 2021 - 12:13am

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