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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Curculionoidea » Snout and Bark Beetles (Curculionidae) » Flower Weevils (Baridinae) » Apostasimerini » Centrinopus » Centrinopus helvinus

Species Centrinopus helvinus

Classification · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Size · Range · Habitat · Remarks · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited

Curculionidae, dorsal - Centrinopus helvinus

Curculionidae, lateral - Centrinopus helvinus

Curculionidae, frontal - Centrinopus helvinus

Weevil on Dandelion? - Centrinopus helvinus

weevil on spiderwort flower - Centrinopus helvinus

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 Baridinae (Flower Weevils)

Tribe Apostasimerini

Genus Centrinopus

Species helvinus (Centrinopus helvinus)

Explanation of Names

Centrinopus helvinus Casey 1892

helv (L). 'tawny, yellowish' (1)

Numbers

6 spp. n. of Mex. (2) (pg 746, not in index)

Size

2.0-2.75 mm (Casey 1920)

Range

e US (TX-DC-PA-IA) / Mex. to C. Amer. - Map (3)(4)

Habitat

Adults found on flwrs of Asteraceae (Kissinger 1964)

Remarks

Type Locality: Indiana

Print References

Casey, T.L. 1892. Coleopterological Notices. IV. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 6: 359–712.

Casey, T.L. 1920. Some descriptive studies among the American Barine. Memoirs on the Coleoptera 9: 300-516. (Full Text)

Kissinger, D.G. 1964. Curculionidae of America north of Mexico; a key to the genera. Taxonomic Publications, South Lancaster, MA. 143 pp.

Internet References

Type Info - Smithsonian

Works Cited

1.	Dictionary of Word Roots and Combining Forms Donald J. Borror. 1960. Mayfield Publishing Company.

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.

3.	Annotated checklist of the weevils (Curculionidae sensu lato) of North America, Central America, and the West Indies... O'Brien C.W., Wibmer G.J. 1982. Mem. Am. Ent. Inst. 34: x+382 pp.

4.	Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)

Contributed by v belov on 11 May, 2009 - 12:20pm
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn
Last updated 18 November, 2019 - 4:45pm

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