Genus Zascelis

Classification · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Range · Remarks · Works Cited

Zascelis irrorata LeConte - Zascelis irrorata

with wide front legs - Zascelis irrorata

Stout weevil at lights - Zascelis irrorata

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 Cryptorhynchinae (Hidden Snout Weevils)

Tribe Cryptorhynchini

Subtribe Cryptorhynchina

Genus Zascelis

Explanation of Names

Zascelis LeConte 1876

Numbers

A single described species in our area (+ one probably unnamed and adventive in so. FL)(1)

Range

sw. US(1)

Remarks

adults come to lights(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 12 November, 2010 - 6:27pm
Last updated 20 December, 2013 - 10:36pm

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