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

Species Ischnocerus infuscatus - Meconemus infuscatus

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Range · Habitat · Remarks · Works Cited
Meconemus infuscatus Fåhraeus - Ischnocerus infuscatus - female unknown bug - Ischnocerus infuscatus Meconemus infuscatus Fåhraeus - Ischnocerus infuscatus - female Weevil - Ischnocerus infuscatus Fungus Weevil - Ischnocerus infuscatus bug @ moth lights - Ischnocerus infuscatus Ischnocerus? - Ischnocerus infuscatus On a house in Brandon, Mississippi - Ischnocerus infuscatus - 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 Ischnocerus
Species infuscatus (Meconemus infuscatus)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Syn: Ischnocerus infuscatus Fåhraeus 1839
Explanation of Names
Meconemus infuscatus Fåhraeus 1839 (1)(2)(3), see discussion under genus page
Range
se. US (TX-FL-DE-AR) to Panama; Bahamas - Map (4)(5)(3)
Habitat
generalist in dead branches, apparently without fungi(4)
Remarks
collected by beating, under bark, at light, in Steiner and ethanol/turpentine traps(4)
Works Cited
1.A world catalogue of families and genera of Curculionoidea (Insecta: Coleoptera)
Alonso-Zarazaga M.A., Lyal C.H.C. 1999. Entomopraxis, Barcelona. 315 pp.
2.Illustrierter Katalog und Bibliographie der Anthribidae der Welt (Insecta: Coleoptera)
Rheinheimer, J. 2004. Entomologischer Verein Stuttgart 1869 e.V.
3.Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
4.A review of Nearctic and some related Anthribidae (Coleoptera)
Valentine B.D. 1998. Insecta Mundi 12: 251‒296.
5. A distributional checklist of the beetles (Coleoptera) of Florida.
Peck & Thomas. 1998. Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, Gainesville. 180 pp.
Contributed by v belov on 15 June, 2009 - 9:42pm
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn, Boris Bueche
Last updated 23 March, 2023 - 11:26am

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