Species Coelocephalapion fumitarse

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Identification · Range · Food · Print References

Coelocephalapion fumitarse (Fall) - Coelocephalapion fumitarse

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 Brentidae (Primitive Weevils)

Subfamily Apioninae (Pear-shaped Weevils)

Genus Coelocephalapion

Species fumitarse (Coelocephalapion fumitarse)

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Apion fumitarse Fall 1898

Explanation of Names

Coelocephalapion fumitarse (Fall)

fumitarse 'smoked tarsi'

Identification

habitus photos

Range

Coastal Texas (Aransas Co. to Cameron Co.) (Burke 1963)

Food

Reared from seeds of Dove Weed (Croton glandulosus) (Kissinger 2005)

Print References

Burke H.R. (1963) New species of Texas weevils, with notes on others (Coleoptera: Curculionidae). Southwestern Naturalist 8: 162–172. (Full text)

Kissinger D.G. (2005) A new species of Coelocephalapion Wagner (Coleoptera: Curculionoidea: Apionidae: Apioninae) from Argentina and Chile associated with the genus Prosopis L. (Fabaceae). Col. Bull. 59: 493‒500.

Contributed by Mike Quinn on 15 March, 2009 - 9:42pm
Additional contributions by v belov
Last updated 15 October, 2023 - 9:53pm

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