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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) » Tanymecini » Pandeleteius » Pandeleteius hilaris

Species Pandeleteius hilaris

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Identification · Range · Food · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited

Pandeleteius hilaris (Herbst) - Pandeleteius hilaris

Weevil from under bark of dead Quercus stellata - Pandeleteius hilaris

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

Species hilaris (Pandeleteius hilaris)

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Pandeleteius hilaris (Herbst)

Orig. Comb: Curculio hilaris Herbst 1797

Explanation of Names

hilaris (L). "gay, cheerful" (1)

Numbers

13 spp. n. of Mex. (2)

Identification

pronotum generally more boldly marked than in other spp.

Range

e NA (TX-FL-QC-IA) - Map (3)(4)

Food

Reported from leaves of oak, hickory, chestnut, beech, knotweed/smartweed (Polygonum spp.), and Ceanothus

Print References

Howden, A.T. 1959. A revision of the species of Pandeleteius Schonherr and Pandeleteinus Champion of America North of Mexico (Coleoptera: Curculionidae). Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences 29(10): 361-421.

Internet References

Checklist of Beetles of Canada and Alaska - J. McNamara

Works Cited

1.	Dictionary of Word Roots and Combining Forms Donald J. Borror. 1960. Mayfield Publishing Company.

2.	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.

3.	A distributional checklist of the beetles (Coleoptera) of Florida. Peck & Thomas. 1998. Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, Gainesville. 180 pp.

4.	Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)

Contributed by Robin McLeod on 28 June, 2008 - 1:38am
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn
Last updated 13 March, 2024 - 3:20pm

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