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Genus Gerstaeckeria - Cactus Weevils

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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 Cryptorhynchinae (Hidden Snout Weevils)
Tribe Cryptorhynchini
Subtribe Tylodina
Genus Gerstaeckeria (Cactus Weevils)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
revised in (1)
Explanation of Names
Gerstaeckeria Champion 1905
Numbers
18 spp. in our area(2)
Range
Galapagos Islands; Guatemala; Mexico; West Indies; se. & w. United States; sw. Canada(1)
Food
hosts: Cactaceae(2)
Life Cycle
Larvae mine the pads of Opuntia and hollow out smaller pincushion cacti such as Mammillaria and Coryphanta(2)
Remarks
Adults are flightless and nocturnal(2)
Internet References
profile of G. hubbardi & G. fasciata (Woodruff 2012)(3)
Works Cited
1.Taxonomic revision of the genus Gerstaeckeria north of Mexico (Coleoptera: Curculionidae)
O'Brien C.W. 1970. Ann. Ent. Soc. Am. 63: 255-272.
2.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.
3.University of Florida: Featured Creatures
Contributed by Eric R. Eaton on 26 October, 2005 - 6:00pm
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn, David Ferguson, v belov
Last updated 2 June, 2023 - 11:52am

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