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Species Brachysomus echinatus

Brachysomus echinatus (Bonsdorff) - 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.

Contributed by v belov on 14 October, 2010 - 8:37pm
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset
Last updated 24 June, 2016 - 4:25pm

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