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Species Tyloderma capitale

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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 Cryptorhynchinae (Hidden Snout Weevils)
Tribe Cryptorhynchini
Subtribe Cryptorhynchina
Genus Tyloderma
Species capitale (Tyloderma capitale)
Explanation of Names
Tyloderma capitale Wibmer 1981
Size
2.1-3.4 mm(1)
Range
e. US, Ont. (ON-MA-FL to IA-TX) - Map (1)(2)(3), mostly scattered records from se US
Habitat
wet-dry prairie(4)
Food
on knotweed (Polygonum, Polygonaceae)(1)
Print References
Wibmer G.J. 1981. Revision of the New World weevil genus Tyloderma in America north of Mexico (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Cryptorhynchinae). Southwest. Entomol., Suppl. 3: 1-95.
Internet References
Paratype - Michigan: Mt. Clemens, Salfridge Fied, 25.V 1944
Works Cited
1.The Beetles of Northeastern North America, Vol. 1 and 2.
Downie, N.M., and R.H. Arnett. 1996. The Sandhill Crane Press, Gainesville, FL.
2.Checklist of beetles (Coleoptera) of Canada and Alaska. Second edition
Bousquet Y., Bouchard P., Davies A.E., Sikes D.S. 2013. ZooKeys 360: 1–402.
3.Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
4.A Distributional Checklist of the Beetles (Coleoptera) of Florida