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Cnemonyx ficus (Schwarz) - Loganius ficus
Copyright © 2010 Michael C. Thomas

Cnemonyx ficus (Schwarz) - Loganius ficus
Big Pine Key, Monroe County, Florida, USA
Size: 2 mm
Breeds in the notoriously poisonous manchineel (Hippomane mancinella L.), known in Spanish as "manzanilla de la muerte."
Contributed by Michael C. Thomas on 8 December, 2010 - 10:06am

Wasn't this species (and prob
Wasn't this species (and probably all of Cnemonyx north of Mexico) given a new status in the genus Loganius?

https://doi.org/10.1649/0010-065X-67.4.547
… Arturo Santos, 24 May, 2020 - 8:12pm

Moved
Moved from Scolytina.
… v belov, 8 December, 2010 - 10:08am

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