Species Nanodactylus obesulus

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Size · Range · Remarks · Print References · Works Cited

Nanodactylus obesulus Blatchley - Nanodactylus obesulus

Small, black and brown weevil (2) - Nanodactylus obesulus

Small, round weevil - Nanodactylus obesulus

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 Brentidae (Primitive Weevils)

Subfamily Nanophyinae

Genus Nanodactylus

Species obesulus (Nanodactylus obesulus)

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Nanodactylus obesulus Blatchley, 1922

Syn: Nanodes obesulus (Blatchley, 1922)

Explanation of Names

Nanodactylus (G). 'small claw' (1)

Numbers

1 sp. (2)

Size

2 mm (1)

Range

Great Plains (IL-IN-TX-LA) (3)(4)(2)(BG data)

Remarks

One specimen beaten from alder, May 21, near Bass Lake, Starke Co., Ind. (1)

Print References

Blatchley, W.S. 1922. Notes on the Rhynchophora of Eastern North America, with characterizations of new genera and descriptions of new species. Journal of the New York Entomological Society, 30(2): 95-106. (1)

Works Cited

1.	Notes on the Rhynchophora of Eastern North America, with characterizations of new genera and descriptions of new species. Blatchley, W.S. 1922. Journal of the New York Entomological Society, 30(2): 95-106.

2.	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.

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.	List of Coleoptera Collected in Latimer County, Oklahoma by Karl Stephan (2002)

Contributed by Mike Quinn on 10 October, 2011 - 9:03pm
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Last updated 31 May, 2024 - 1:40pm

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