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Grypus equiseti
Species
Grypus equiseti
Classification
Kingdom
Animalia (Animals)
Phylum
Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum
Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class
Insecta (Insects)
Order
Coleoptera (Beetles)
Suborder
Polyphaga (Water, Rove, Scarab, Long-horned, Leaf and Snout Beetles)
No Taxon
(Series Cucujiformia)
Superfamily
Curculionoidea (Snout and Bark Beetles)
Family
Brachyceridae
Subfamily
Erirhininae (Marsh Weevils)
Subtribe
Erirhinina
Genus
Grypus
Species
equiseti
(Grypus equiseti)
Explanation of Names
Grypus equiseti
(Fabricius 1775)
Range
Holarctic; across Canada and n. US south to CO
(
1
)
Food
associated with
Equisetum
(
1
)
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.
Contributed by
v belov
on 30 September, 2010 - 2:08am
Last updated 23 January, 2013 - 9:03am