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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Curculionoidea » Snout and Bark Beetles (Curculionidae) » Molytinae » Rhyssomatus

Genus Rhyssomatus

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Range · Food · Remarks · Works Cited
Back-yard Rhyssomatus - Rhyssomatus medialis Black, mottled weevil - Rhyssomatus palmacollis Weevil - Rhyssomatus lineaticollis Milkweed Stem Weevil - Rhyssomatus lineaticollis Weevil - Rhyssomatus lineaticollis Rhyssomatus parvulus? - Rhyssomatus Rhyssomatus sp. at UV light - Rhyssomatus Unidentified Weevil - Rhyssomatus
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
Genus Rhyssomatus
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Genus needs revision(1)
Explanation of Names
Rhyssomatus Schönherr 1837
'wrinkled'
Numbers
17 spp. in our area(1)
Range
primarily neotropical group(2); in our area, eastern and southern (2 spp. reach se. Canada)(1)
Food
Adults are associated with Asclepiadaceae, Asteraceae, Convolvulaceae, Fabaceae(1)
Remarks
our only representative of the mostly neotropical tribe Cleogonini Gistel 1848, that contains 8 genera (1 genus in E Asia)(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.A world catalogue of families and genera of Curculionoidea (Insecta: Coleoptera)
Alonso-Zarazaga M.A., Lyal C.H.C. 1999. Entomopraxis, Barcelona. 315 pp.
Contributed by tom murray on 29 December, 2005 - 5:26pm
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, Mike Quinn, v belov
Last updated 8 June, 2023 - 12:35pm

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