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Species Sphenophorus rectus

Weevil under cowdung - Sphenophorus rectus Sphenophorus rectus (Say) - Sphenophorus rectus Sphenophorus rectus (Say) - Sphenophorus rectus Sphenophorus rectus (Say) - Sphenophorus rectus Sphenophorus rectus (Say) - Sphenophorus rectus
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 Dryophthorinae
Tribe Rhynchophorini
Subtribe Sphenophorina
Genus Sphenophorus (Billbugs)
Species rectus (Sphenophorus rectus)
Explanation of Names
Sphenophorus rectus (Say 1831)
Range
RI-WI-IA to OH-KS-TX-AZ; Mexico(1)
Works Cited
1.A catalog of Coleoptera of America north of Mexico. Curculionidae: Rhynchophorinae
Vaurie P. 1983. USDA handbook no. 529-143a. x+28 pp.