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Species Brachysomus echinatus

Brachysomus echinatus (Bonsdorff) - Brachysomus echinatus Brachysomus echinatus (Bonsdorff) - Brachysomus echinatus Brachysomus echinatus (Bonsdorff) - Brachysomus echinatus Weevil from  MN - Brachysomus echinatus Curculionidae - Brachysomus echinatus Curculionidae - Brachysomus echinatus
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 Entiminae (Broad-nosed Weevils)
Tribe Sciaphilini
Genus Brachysomus
Species echinatus (Brachysomus echinatus)
Explanation of Names
Brachysomus echinatus (Bonsdorff 1785)
Size
2.0-3.0 mm(1)
Range
common over much of Europe; adventive in our area, occurs in ne. NA (NF-MN)(2)
Works Cited
1.Insects and Arachnids of Canada Series, Part 25. Coleoptera, Curculionidae, Entiminae.
Donald E. Bright, Patrice Bouchard. 2008. 2008. NRC Research Press, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
2.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.