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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Curculionoidea » Snout and Bark Beetles (Curculionidae) » Dryophthorinae » Rhynchophorini » Sphenophorina » Billbugs (Sphenophorus) » Sphenophorus venatus

Species Sphenophorus venatus

Classification · Other Common Names · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Size · Identification · Range · Works Cited
Billbug (Sphenophorus venatus) - Sphenophorus venatus Weevil - Sphenophorus venatus Billbug - Sphenophorus venatus unknown billbug - Sphenophorus venatus Sphenophorus sp - Sphenophorus venatus Billbug Weevil - Sphenophorus venatus Billbug - Sphenophorus venatus Sphenophorus? - Sphenophorus venatus
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 venatus (Sphenophorus venatus)
Other Common Names
S. v. confluens (MT-WA-CA) = Western Orchardgrass Billbug
Explanation of Names
Sphenophorus venatus (Say 1831)
venatus 'hunting'
Numbers
5 subspecies, of which 4 in our area(1)
Size
8-11 mm(2)
Identification
Small to medium; black or red, bare or coated; pronotum with three bare vittae, the median enclosing an apical depression, the laterals not reaching the apex; elytra variable, but strial punctures much larger than interval punctures(2)
Range
se. Canada(3), most of the US; Mexico, West Indies(2)
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.
2.Revision of the genus Calendra (formerly Sphenophorus) in the United States and Mexico (Coleoptera, Curculionidae)
Vaurie, Patricia. 1951. American Museum of Natural History.
3.Checklist of beetles (Coleoptera) of Canada and Alaska. Second edition
Bousquet Y., Bouchard P., Davies A.E., Sikes D.S. 2013. ZooKeys 360: 1–402.
Contributed by tom murray on 2 September, 2005 - 6:12pm
Additional contributions by cotinis, Ted Kropiewnicki, v belov, onegunah
Last updated 16 September, 2016 - 9:33am

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