Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Curculionoidea » Snout and Bark Beetles (Curculionidae) » Dryophthorinae » Dryophthorini » Dryophthorus » Dryophthorus americanus

Species Dryophthorus americanus

Weevilish beetle - Dryophthorus americanus

Dryophthorus americanus Bedel - Dryophthorus americanus

A whittle weevil.... - Dryophthorus americanus

tiny weevil – Dryophthorus americanus? - Dryophthorus americanus

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 Dryophthorinae

Tribe Dryophthorini

Genus Dryophthorus

Species americanus (Dryophthorus americanus)

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Dryophthorus americanus Bedel 1885

Size

2.5-2.8 mm(1)

Identification

Det. R.S. Anderson, 2017

Range

e NA to PNW (AR-FL-NS-BC)(2)(3)

Habitat

adults found under bark, in asso. w/ old rotten logs or in forest litter (4)

Works Cited

1.	Weevils of South Carolina (Coleoptera: Nemonychidae, Attelabidae, Brentidae, Ithyceridae, and Curculionidae). Janet C. Ciegler. 2010. Clemson University, Clemson, S.C. 276 pp.

2.	Checklist of beetles (Coleoptera) of Canada and Alaska. Second edition Bousquet Y., Bouchard P., Davies A.E., Sikes D.S. 2013. ZooKeys 360: 1–402.

3.	Annotated checklist of the weevils (Curculionidae sensu lato) of North America, Central America, and the West Indies... O'Brien C.W., Wibmer G.J. 1982. Mem. Am. Ent. Inst. 34: x+382 pp.

4.	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 tom murray on 4 May, 2006 - 5:56pm
Additional contributions by Bbarnd, Mike Quinn, v belov
Last updated 6 February, 2017 - 5:19pm

Disclaimer: Dedicated naturalists volunteer their time and resources here to provide this service. We strive to provide accurate information, but we are mostly just amateurs attempting to make sense of a diverse natural world. If you need expert professional advice, contact your local extension office.

Contributors own the copyright to and are solely responsible for contributed content.
Click the contributor's name for licensing and usage information.
Everything else copyright © 2003-2025 Iowa State University, unless otherwise noted.

Bugguide is hosted by: