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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Curculionoidea » Snout and Bark Beetles (Curculionidae) » Curculioninae » Antlike Weevils (Otidocephalini) » Myrmex » Myrmex texanus

Species Myrmex texanus

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Size · Identification · Range · Remarks · See Also · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited
Myrmex texanus (Schaeffer) - Myrmex texanus
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 Curculioninae
Tribe Otidocephalini (Antlike Weevils)
Genus Myrmex
Species texanus (Myrmex texanus)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Myrmex texanus (Schaeffer)
Orig. Comb: Otidocephalus texanus Schaeffer 1907
Size
5 mm (Schaeffer 1907)
Identification
The form of thorax and antennal club, the frontal fovea and feeble punctuation of elytra distinguish this species. (Schaeffer 1907)
Range
coastal s. TX - Map (1)(2)
Remarks
Type Locality: Esperanza Ranch, Brownsville, Cameron Co., Texas (Schaeffer 1907)
See Also
Myrmex myrmex (Herbst)
- Range: e NA, includes s. TX
Det. E. G. Riley, 2009
Print References
Schaeffer, C. 1907. New Rhynchophora II. Journal of the New York Entomological Society, 15: 75-80. (Full Text)
Internet References
Type Into - Smithsonian
Works Cited
1.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.
2.Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
Contributed by Mike Quinn on 18 June, 2009 - 1:25am
Last updated 23 May, 2022 - 10:27am

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