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Species Stylantheus macrocerus

Bruchinae > ? - Stylantheus macrocerus Bruchinae > ? - Stylantheus macrocerus Bruchinae > ? - Stylantheus macrocerus
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Coleoptera (Beetles)
Suborder Polyphaga
No Taxon (Series Cucujiformia)
Superfamily Chrysomeloidea (Longhorn and Leaf Beetles)
Family Chrysomelidae (Leaf Beetles)
Subfamily Bruchinae (Pea and Bean Weevils)
Tribe Bruchini
Subtribe Acanthoscelidina
Genus Stylantheus
Species macrocerus (Stylantheus macrocerus)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Stylantheus macrocerus (Horn)
Orig. Comb: Bruchus macrocerus Horn, 1873
Explanation of Names
macrocerus = 'large horn'
Size
1.7–2.2 mm (1)
Range
e US (TX-FL-NJ-IL) (2)
Food
host: Stylosanthes biflora (Fabaceae) (1)
Works Cited
1.Handbook of the Bruchidae of the United States and Canada
Kingsolver J.M. 2004. USDA Tech. Bull. 1912 (2 vols.).
2. A distributional checklist of the beetles (Coleoptera) of Florida.
Peck & Thomas. 1998. Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, Gainesville. 180 pp.
Contributed by v belov on 15 August, 2010 - 12:52pm
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn
Last updated 24 April, 2015 - 4:54pm

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