Genus Anthribus

Classification · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Range · Food · Remarks · Works Cited

Beetle on White Pine - Anthribus nebulosus

Anthribus nebulosus? - Anthribus nebulosus

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 Anthribus

Explanation of Names

Anthribus Geoffroy 1762

Numbers

a single (introduced/adventive) species in our area (a second sp. was imported but apparently not released)(1)

Range

native to the Palaearctic, introduced in NA (Atlantic Coast)(1)

Food

scale insects and their eggs(1); Anthribus is the only predaceous group in the family

Remarks

2 spp. had been imported but only one survived and is spreading(1)

the genus belongs to the widespread Old World tribe Anthribini that contains 3 genera(2)

Works Cited

1.	A review of Nearctic and some related Anthribidae (Coleoptera) Valentine B.D. 1998. Insecta Mundi 12: 251‒296.

2.	A world catalogue of families and genera of Curculionoidea (Insecta: Coleoptera) Alonso-Zarazaga M.A., Lyal C.H.C. 1999. Entomopraxis, Barcelona. 315 pp.

Contributed by v belov on 22 May, 2009 - 3:14pm
Last updated 23 January, 2015 - 12:45pm

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