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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Curculionoidea » Fungus Weevils (Anthribidae) » Anthribinae » Discotenes » Discotenes nigrotuberculata

Species Discotenes nigrotuberculata

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Numbers · Size · Identification · Range · Season · Food · Remarks · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited
Discotenes nigrotuberculata (Schaeffer) - Discotenes nigrotuberculata - male Discotenes nigrotuberculata (Schaeffer) - Discotenes nigrotuberculata - male Discotenes nigrotuberculata (Schaeffer) - Discotenes nigrotuberculata - female Discotenes nigrotuberculata (Schaeffer) - Discotenes nigrotuberculata - female Discotenes nigrotuberculata (Schaeffer) - Discotenes nigrotuberculata - male
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 Anthribidae (Fungus Weevils)
Subfamily Anthribinae
Genus Discotenes
Species nigrotuberculata (Discotenes nigrotuberculata)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Discotenes nigrotuberculata (Schaeffer)
Orig. Comb: Phanosolena nigrotuberculata Schaeffer, 1904
Numbers
2 spp. n. of Mex. (1)
Size
Length, 2.5 mm (Schaeffer 1904)
Identification

Det. E. G. Riley, 2009
Range
southmost TX (Cameron and Hidalgo Counties), to Guatemala. - Map (2)(3)
Season
Summary of compiled Texas collecting events by month:
March (1), June (1), November (1) (BG data)
Food
Reared in Brownsville from Acacia (2)
Remarks
Described from three specimens collected near Brownsville, Texas (Esperanza Ranch and San Tomas). (Schaeffer 1904)
Maps to Esperanza Ranch and San Tomas
Print References
Schaeffer, C. 1904. New genera and species of Coleoptera. Journal of the New York Entomological Society 12(4): 197–236. (Full Text)
Internet References
Type Info - Smithsonian
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.
2.A review of Nearctic and some related Anthribidae (Coleoptera)
Valentine B.D. 1998. Insecta Mundi 12: 251‒296.
3.Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
Contributed by Mike Quinn on 16 March, 2009 - 10:05pm
Last updated 4 March, 2019 - 3:36pm

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