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Species Narberdia aridulus

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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 Curculioninae
Tribe Anthonomini
Genus Narberdia
Species aridulus (Narberdia aridulus)
Explanation of Names
Narberdia aridulus Burke, 1976
Narberdia is an anagram of the host plant genus Bernardia!!
aridulus is a reference to the semiarid landscape where the beetle resides. (Burke & Rector 1976)
Numbers
Monotypic genus (1)
Range
c. & w. TX to Mex. - Map (Burke & Rector 1976)(2)
Food
Southwest Bernardia - Bernardia myricifolia (Euphorbiaceae)
Desert Myrtlecroton - Bernardia obovata (Euphorbiaceae)
Life Cycle
Larvae develop in fruits of Bernardia spp. (Burke & Rector 1976)
Print References
Burke, H.R. and B.S. Rector. 1976. A new anthonomine genus and species from Texas and Mexico, with larval and pupal descriptions and biological notes (Coleoptera: Curculionidae). Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society, 49(4): 541-550. (JSTOR)
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.Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)