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Genus Stethobaris

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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 Baridinae (Flower Weevils)
Tribe Apostasimerini
Genus Stethobaris
Other Common Names
Orcid Weevils (1)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
needs revision(2)
Explanation of Names
Stethobaris LeConte 1876
Numbers
11 spp. in our area(2)
Range
e NA to AZ to C. America & W. Indies(3)(1)(4)
Life Cycle
some spp. assoiated w/orchids(2)
Works Cited
1.Orchid weevils (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) in Canada.
Prena, J. 2017. Canadian Entomologist 149: 38–47.
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.Five new species of the Stethobaris LeConte complex (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Baridinae) associated with Amaryllidaceae
Prena J., O'Brien C.W. 2011. Proc. Ent. Soc. Wash. 113: 163-184.
4.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.