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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Curculionoidea » Snout and Bark Beetles (Curculionidae) » Hidden Snout Weevils (Cryptorhynchinae) » Cryptorhynchini » Cryptorhynchina » Apteromechus

Genus Apteromechus

Classification · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Identification · Range · Food · Life Cycle · Print References · Works Cited
Apteromechus ferratus Apteromechus ferratus Weevil - Apteromechus ferratus Weevil - Apteromechus ferratus weevil - Apteromechus ferratus Hidden Snout Weevil ? - Apteromechus ferratus weevil060520-4 - Apteromechus ferratus Snout 21 - Apteromechus ferratus
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 Cryptorhynchinae (Hidden Snout Weevils)
Tribe Cryptorhynchini
Subtribe Cryptorhynchina
Genus Apteromechus
Explanation of Names
Apteromechus Faust 1896
Numbers
4 spp in our area(1)
Identification
See Whitehead (1979)
Range
e. NA to AZ (1)
Food
Adults associated w/ various trees, incl. beech, oak, red bay; larvae found mining a dead sassafras limb(1)
Life Cycle
See Kissinger (1964)
Print References
Kissinger D.G. (1964) Curculionidae of America north of Mexico: a key to the genera. Taxonomic Publications. South Lancaster, Mass. vi + 143 pp.
Whitehead D.R. (1979) Notes on Apteromechus Faust of America north of Mexico (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Cryptorhynchinae). Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington, 81(2): 230-233.
Works Cited
1.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 29 January, 2009 - 7:04pm
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn, v belov, onegunah
Last updated 22 March, 2023 - 8:43pm

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