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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Curculionoidea » Snout and Bark Beetles (Curculionidae) » Lixinae » Cylindrical Weevils (Cleonini) » Apleurus » Apleurus angularis

Species Apleurus angularis

Classification · Explanation of Names · Size · Range · Habitat · Season · Food · Works Cited
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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 Lixinae
Tribe Cleonini (Cylindrical Weevils)
Genus Apleurus
Species angularis (Apleurus angularis)
Explanation of Names
Apleurus (Apleurus) angularis (LeConte 1859)
Size
♂ 5.7-10.6 mm, ♀ 6.9-12.2 mm(1)
Range
CO-w.OK-w.TX to NV-CA-Baja(1)
Habitat
grassland, desert-grassland transitional habitats, Pacific semi-desert, and Great Basin desert; sand
dunes, dry washes, streambeds(1)
Season
throughout the year(1)
Food
adults largely on Compositae(1)
Works Cited
1.Systematics, phylogeny and biogeography of New World weevils traditionally of the tribe Cleonini (Col.: Curculionidae:Cleoninae)
R.S. Anderson (1988). 1987. Quaestiones Entomologicae 23: 431-709.
Contributed by v belov on 15 May, 2010 - 10:13am
Last updated 29 April, 2012 - 1:32am

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