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Genus Phloeophagus

Cossonus? - Phloeophagus canadensis weevil - Phloeophagus apionides Phloeophagus canadensis Phloeophagus canadensis Phloeophagus apionides Phloeophagus apionides
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 Cossoninae
Tribe Rhyncolini
Genus Phloeophagus
Explanation of Names
Phloeophagus Schönherr 1838
Numbers
3 spp. in our area (P. californicus & P. minor are now treated in Rhyncolus)(1)
Range
transcontinental in the north + e. & w. US - Map (1)(2), also Europe
Remarks
our only representative of the subtribe Phloeophagina Voss 1955
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)
Contributed by v belov on 4 March, 2011 - 8:06pm
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn
Last updated 2 November, 2022 - 11:33pm

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