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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Curculionoidea » Snout and Bark Beetles (Curculionidae) » Flower Weevils (Baridinae) » Apostasimerini » Amercedes » Amercedes subulirostris

Species Amercedes subulirostris

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Range · Habitat · Season · Food · Remarks · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited

Amercedes subulirostris Casey - Amercedes subulirostris

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 Baridinae (Flower Weevils)

Tribe Apostasimerini

Genus Amercedes

Species subulirostris (Amercedes subulirostris)

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Syn: Zygobaroides schwarzi Pierce, 1907

Explanation of Names

Amercedes subulirostris Casey, 1894

Numbers

1 sp. n. of Mex. (1)

Range

ne. LA to s. Mex. (2),(3),(4),(5)

Habitat

mostly coastal habitats (3),(4),(5)

Season

May-Aug (BG data),(2),(3)

Food

asso. w/ pricklyash (Zanthoxylum, Rutaceae) (2),(1)

Remarks

Type Locality: Beeville, Texas

Print References

Casey, T.L. 1893. Coleopterological Notices. V. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 7: 281–606.

Pierce, W.D. 1907. On the biologies of the Rhynchophora of North America. Nebraska State Board of Agriculture Zoological Report (1907): 247-319. (Full Text)

Internet References

Type info - USNM, Smithsonian

GBIF(3)

SCAN(4)

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.

2.	On the biologies of the Rhynchophora of North America Pierce, W.D. 1907. Nebraska State Board of Agriculture Zoological Report (1907): 247-319.

3.	Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)

4.	Southwest Collections of Arthropods Network (SCAN)

5.	Illustrated Beetle (Coleoptera) Inventory of the Sabal Palm Sanctuary (Cameron County, Texas) Edward G. Riley & Michael A. Quinn. 2011. Texas A&M University, Dept. Entomology, College Station.

Contributed by Ed Riley on 2 November, 2010 - 2:55pm
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn, v belov
Last updated 13 July, 2017 - 10:45am

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