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Species Myrmex arizonicus

Myrmex arizonicus (Schaeffer) - Myrmex arizonicus

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 Otidocephalini (Antlike Weevils)

Genus Myrmex

Species arizonicus (Myrmex arizonicus)

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Myrmex arizonicus (Schaeffer)

Orig. Comb: Otidocephalus arizonicus Schaeffer 1907

Numbers

31 spp. n. of Mex.

Size

5.25 mm (Schaeffer 1907)

Range

CA-AZ, w. TX (1)(BG data)

Remarks

Type Locality: Huachuca Mtns, AZ (Schaeffer 1907)

See Also

very similar to M. egregius but the femoral tooth is larger in M. egregius (the largest I have seen in the genus) and the eyes are larger and closer together. (based on comment by Robert Anderson, 19 January, 2015)

- Range: AZ

Myrmex egregius (Casey)

Det. Robert Anderson, 2015

Print References

Schaeffer, C. 1907. New Rhynchophora II. Journal of the New York Entomological Society, 15: 75-80. Full Text

Works Cited

1.	Annotated checklist of the weevils (Curculionidae sensu lato) of North America, Central America, and the West Indies... O'Brien C.W., Wibmer G.J. 1982. Mem. Am. Ent. Inst. 34: x+382 pp.

Contributed by Mike Quinn on 5 July, 2010 - 10:00pm
Last updated 19 January, 2015 - 9:53am

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