Genus Stenopelmus

Classification · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Range · Habitat · Food · Works Cited

Stenopelmus rufinasus Gyllenhal - Stenopelmus rufinasus

Tiny weevil of sorts.. - Stenopelmus rufinasus

Colfax-0BG.J.2020.04 - Stenopelmus rufinasus

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 Brachyceridae

Subfamily Erirhininae (Marsh Weevils)

Subtribe Stenopelmina

Genus Stenopelmus

Explanation of Names

Stenopelmus Schoenherr 1836

Numbers

A single species(1)

Range

so. Canada and the US(1); holarctic(2)

Habitat

Wetlands(1)

Food

Associated with Azolla (Salviniaceae)(1)

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.	The Beetles of Northeastern North America, Vol. 1 and 2. Downie, N.M., and R.H. Arnett. 1996. The Sandhill Crane Press, Gainesville, FL.

Contributed by v belov on 7 October, 2009 - 10:27pm
Last updated 23 January, 2013 - 12:14pm

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