Species Ellescus ephippiatus

Classification · Explanation of Names · Range · Works Cited

Elleschus ephippiatus Say - Ellescus ephippiatus

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 Curculioninae

Tribe Ellescini

Subtribe Ellescina

Genus Ellescus

Species ephippiatus (Ellescus ephippiatus)

Explanation of Names

Ellescus ephippiatus (Say 1831)

Range

Across the continent (Canada to Mexico)(1); in Canada, NB-MB(2)

Works Cited

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

2.	New Coleoptera records from New Brunswick, Canada: Anthribidae, Brentidae, Dryophthoridae, Brachyceridae, and Curculionidae... Webster R.P., Anderson R.S., Sweeney J.D., Demerchant I. 2012. Zookeys 179: 349-406.

Contributed by v belov on 25 January, 2010 - 10:51pm
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn
Last updated 11 February, 2018 - 8:19pm

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