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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Curculionoidea » Snout and Bark Beetles (Curculionidae) » Curculioninae » Anthonomini » Anthonomus

Genus Anthonomus

Classification · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Identification · Range · Remarks · Print References · Works Cited
small weevil - Anthonomus lecontei Apple Curculio - Anthonomus quadrigibbus Apple Curculio - Anthonomus quadrigibbus Snout Beetle - Anthonomus haematopus Anthonomus aeneolus Dietz - Anthonomus aeneolus Beetle ~6mm, snout included - Anthonomus consors Curculionidae- Anthonomus squamosus - snout and bark beetle? - Anthonomus Weevil - Anthonomus quadrigibbus
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 Anthonomus
Explanation of Names
Anthonomus Germar 1817
Numbers
110 spp. in our area(1), ~560 worldwide(2)
Identification
habitus photos of 19 PNW spp.(3)
Range
worldwide, with highest diversity in the Neotropics (~400 spp.), followed by the Nearctic (>120 spp.) and the Palaearctic (~60 spp.); feebly represented elsewhere(2)
Remarks
Some are serious pests (e.g., the Pepper Weevil and Boll Weevil)
Print References
Franklin M.T., Hueppelsheuser T.K., Abram P.K., Bouchard P., Anderson R.S., Gibson G.A.P. (2021) The Eurasian strawberry blossom weevil, Anthonomus rubi (Herbst, 1795), is established in North America. Can. Entomol. 153: 579‒585. (Full text)
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.Clark W.E. List of species of Curculionidae (Coleoptera) assigned to the tribe Anthonomini
3.Photo gallery of the Spencer Entomological Collection
Contributed by tom murray on 9 May, 2006 - 6:05pm
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, Bbarnd, Chuck Entz, Mike Quinn, Ron M., v belov
Last updated 22 November, 2023 - 8:58pm

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