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Genus Tachyerges

Tachyerges sp. - Tachyerges ephippiatus Rhynchaenus salicis - Tachyerges salicis Flea Weevil - Tachyerges ephippiatus weevil - Tachyerges ephippiatus Tachyerges ephippiata? - Tachyerges ephippiatus Tachyerges ephippiatus Flea Weevil - Tachyerges ephippiatus Tachyerges niger
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 Rhamphini (Flea Weevils)
Subtribe Rhamphina
Genus Tachyerges
Explanation of Names
Tachyerges Schönherr 1825
Numbers
3 spp. in our area(1)
Range
holarctic (incl. much of NA) + Sri Lanka & Madagascar(1)(2)
Food
hosts: Salicaceae (Salix, Populus)(1)
Works Cited
1.First record of Orchestes fagi (L.) in North America, with a checklist of the North Amercian Rhamphini
Sweeney, J., R.S. Anderson, and R.P. Webster. 2012. The Coleopterists Bulletin, 66: 297-304.
2.A world catalogue of families and genera of Curculionoidea (Insecta: Coleoptera)
Alonso-Zarazaga M.A., Lyal C.H.C. 1999. Entomopraxis, Barcelona. 315 pp.