Species Haplorhynchites planifrons

Classification · Explanation of Names · Identification · Range · Works Cited

Haplorhynchites - Haplorhynchites planifrons

Attelabidae - Haplorhynchites planifrons

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 Attelabidae (Leaf Rolling Weevils)

Subfamily Rhynchitinae (Leaf and Bud Weevils)

Tribe Rhynchitini

Genus Haplorhynchites

Species planifrons (Haplorhynchites planifrons)

Explanation of Names

Haplorhynchites planifrons (LeConte 1876)

planifrons = 'with flat frons'

Identification

The length, punctuation and linear impression of the pronotum serve to distinguish this species; frons flat to concave in most specimens(1)

Range

CA-AZ(1)

Works Cited

1.	The genus Haplorhynchites (Coleoptera: Rhynchitidae) in America north of Mexico Hamilton R.W. 1974. Ann. Ent. Soc. Am. 67(5): 787-794.

Contributed by margarethe brummermann on 14 April, 2009 - 8:21pm
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn, v belov
Last updated 12 August, 2014 - 8:09pm

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