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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Curculionoidea » Snout and Bark Beetles (Curculionidae) » Dryophthorinae » Rhynchophorini » Sphenophorina » Billbugs (Sphenophorus) » Bluegrass Billbug (Sphenophorus parvulus)
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Curculionidae: Sphenophorus? - Sphenophorus parvulus
Copyright © 2011 Carl Barrentine

Curculionidae: Sphenophorus? - Sphenophorus parvulus
Grand Forks, Grand Forks County, North Dakota, USA
June 26, 2011
Size: Length ~ 6-7 mm
I think this specimen belongs to the genus Sphenophorus. I hope to confirm or correct the identity of the genus (and may be even learn the species, if possible). Thanks! ;-)

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Contributed by Carl Barrentine on 26 June, 2011 - 2:08pm
Last updated 19 December, 2016 - 10:45am

Moved tentatively
Moved from Billbugs.
… v belov, 19 December, 2016 - 10:45am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Beetles.
… v belov, 26 June, 2011 - 4:26pm login or register to post comments

looks like venatus to me, but that's a layman's opinion
dorsal view critical
… v belov, 26 June, 2011 - 2:28pm login or register to post comments

 
Good point!
I'll add a second image.
… Carl Barrentine, 26 June, 2011 - 3:39pm login or register to post comments

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