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Genus Brachycorynus

Brachycorynus hirsutus Valentine - Brachycorynus hirsutus Brachycorynus rectus (LeConte) - Brachycorynus rectus Brachycorynus rectus Brachycorynus rectus LeConte - Brachycorynus rectus Brachycorynus rectus LeConte - Brachycorynus rectus Brachycorynus rectus LeConte - Brachycorynus 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 Anthribidae (Fungus Weevils)
Subfamily Anthribinae
Tribe Piesocorynini
Genus Brachycorynus
Explanation of Names
Brachycorynus Valentine 1998
Numbers
3 spp. in our area(1)
Size
2.7-4.5 mm(2)
Identification
key to spp. in(2)
Range
e. US (NJ-FL to IN-TX) to Panama & Antilles; in our area, B. rectus is widespread, the other two restricted to so.TX and so.FL, respectively(2)
Works Cited
1.American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea
Arnett, R.H., Jr., M. C. Thomas, P. E. Skelley and J. H. Frank. (eds.). 2002. CRC Press LLC, Boca Raton, FL.
2.A review of Nearctic and some related Anthribidae (Coleoptera)
Valentine B.D. 1998. Insecta Mundi 12: 251‒296.