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Genus Lymantes

Lymantes prob. n. sp. - Lymantes scrobicollis

Lymantes nadineae Anderson - Lymantes nadineae - female

Lymantes nadineae Anderson - Lymantes nadineae

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 Molytinae

Tribe Lymantini

Genus Lymantes

Explanation of Names

Lymantes Schönherr 1838

Numbers

5 described spp. in our area(1)(2)

Size

3-5 mm

Range

se. US north to OH and west to w.TX & OK(1)

Habitat

Adults in leaf litter(1), the eyeless L. nadineae in caves(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.	First troglobitic weevil (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) in North America? Description of a new eyeless species of Lymantes... Paquin P., Anderson R.S. 2009. In: Cokendolpher J.C., ed. Studies on the cave and endogean fauna of North America, part V: 115-124.

Contributed by v belov on 2 November, 2009 - 1:28pm
Additional contributions by cotinis
Last updated 22 December, 2013 - 12:18am

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