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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 » subgenus Anthonomus (Anthonomus subgenus Anthonomus) » squamosus group (Anthonomus squamosus group) » Anthonomus squamans

Species Anthonomus squamans

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Identification · Range · Habitat · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited
Anthonomus (Anthonomus) squamans Champion - Anthonomus squamans Anthonomus (Anthonomus) squamans Champion - Anthonomus squamans
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
No Taxon (subgenus Anthonomus)
No Taxon (squamosus group)
Species squamans (Anthonomus squamans)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
=A. callirrhoae Pierce 1908
Explanation of Names
Anthonomus squamans Champion 1903
squamans = 'scaled (1)
Identification
highly variable in size, color and markings; larger specimens tend to have distinct color patterns and a more dense scale covering, in smaller specimens the scales are usually unicolored and less dense
Range
TX to Mex. (2)
Habitat
Adults collected on Sida acuta (Malvaceae) [may not be the host plant](3)
Print References
Burke H.R., Gates D.B. (1974) Bionomics of several North American species of Anthonomus. (Coleoptera: Curculionidae). Southwestern Naturalist 19: 313-327.
Internet References
Species page - Auburn
Works Cited
1.Dictionary of Word Roots and Combining Forms
Donald J. Borror. 1960. Mayfield Publishing Company.
2.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.
3.Larvae of the weevil tribe Anthonomini (Coleoptera: Curculionidae)
Ahmad M., Burke H.R. 1972. Misc. Publ. Entomol. Soc. Am. 8: 131–181.
Contributed by v belov on 29 September, 2011 - 3:42pm
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn
Last updated 24 January, 2017 - 3:08pm

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