Identification, Images, & Information
For Insects, Spiders & Their Kin
For the United States & Canada
Clickable Guide
Moths Butterflies Flies Caterpillars Flies Dragonflies Flies Mantids Cockroaches Bees and Wasps Walkingsticks Earwigs Ants Termites Hoppers and Kin Hoppers and Kin Beetles True Bugs Fleas Grasshoppers and Kin Ticks Spiders Scorpions Centipedes Millipedes

Calendar
Upcoming Events

Photos of insects and people from the 2024 BugGuide gathering in Idaho July 24-27

Moth submissions from National Moth Week 2024

Photos of insects and people from the 2022 BugGuide gathering in New Mexico, July 20-24

Photos of insects and people from the Spring 2021 gathering in Louisiana, April 28-May 2

Photos of insects and people from the 2019 gathering in Louisiana, July 25-27

Photos of insects and people from the 2018 gathering in Virginia, July 27-29


Previous events


TaxonomyBrowse
Info
ImagesLinksBooksData

Genus Myrmex

Myrmex? - Myrmex chevrolatii Weevil - Myrmex scrobicollis Myrmex myrmex (Herbst) - Myrmex myrmex Zebra Snout-nosed Weevil - Myrmex lineatus Myrmex chevrolatii Myrmex carinicollis (Horn) - Myrmex carinicollis Myrmex - Myrmex chevrolatii Curculionoidea - Myrmex
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 Curculioninae
Tribe Otidocephalini (Antlike Weevils)
Genus Myrmex
Explanation of Names
Myrmex Sturm 1826
Greek 'ant'
Numbers
~30 spp in our area, ~110 in NA (incl. Mesoamerica)(1)
Identification
"A very tough genus, difficult even with specimens for comparison. An important character is the size of the femoral teeth (not visible in most pictures). I think that my ID's are correct, but they are not absolutely certain from photos only." (C.W. O'Brien, pers. comm., 30.v.2009 =v=)
Range
widespread, most diverse in sw. US(2); selected faunas, no.spp.[endemic]:
AZ 12[6]
TX 17[8]
Life Cycle
Larvae mostly mine stems(2)
Works Cited
1.Annotated checklist of the weevils (Curculionidae sensu lato) of North America, Central America, and the West Indies...
O'Brien C.W., Wibmer G.J. 1982. Mem. Am. Ent. Inst. 34: x+382 pp.
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.