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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) » Thecesternini » Thecesternus

Genus Thecesternus

Classification · Other Common Names · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Size · Range · Habitat · Remarks · Works Cited
Thecesternus maculosus Pierce - Thecesternus maculosus Thecesternus - Thecesternus maculosus Beetle ID - Thecesternus humeralis Beetle ID - Thecesternus humeralis Thecesternus maculosus Pierce - Thecesternus maculosus Darkling beetle like - ? - Thecesternus humeralis Thecesternus maculosus Pierce - Thecesternus maculosus Thecesternus
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 Thecesternini
Genus Thecesternus
Other Common Names
Buffalo dung weevils
Explanation of Names
Thecesternus Say 1831
Numbers
6 spp. in our area(1)
Size
5.2-11 mm(1)
Range
much of NA(1)
Habitat
Adults under rocks and cow dung(2)
Remarks
flightless; can be difficult to ID because of rubbed setae or being encrusted(1)
Works Cited
1.A review of the broad nosed weevil genus Thecesternus Say found in the continental United States
S.R. McColllum. 2011.
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.
Contributed by Will Chatfield-Taylor on 7 November, 2008 - 4:08pm
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn, v belov, Tyler Hedlund
Last updated 4 May, 2020 - 6:26pm

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