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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Water, Rove, Scarab, Long-horned, Leaf and Snout Beetles (Polyphaga) » Series Cucujiformia » Snout and Bark Beetles (Curculionoidea) » Snout and Bark Beetles (Curculionidae) » Broad-nosed Weevils (Entiminae) » Tropiphorini » Phyxelis » Phyxelis rigidus
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Curculionidae, dorsal - Phyxelis rigidus
Copyright © 2012 MJ Hatfield

Curculionidae, dorsal - Phyxelis rigidus
100 Acre Wood, Winneshiek County, Iowa, USA
August 8, 2012
Size: 4- mm
Black light.

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Contributed by MJ Hatfield on 30 December, 2012 - 5:47pm
Last updated 10 January, 2013 - 7:45pm

ha! my bad, sorry... thanks, Charlie.
Moved from Trachyphloeini.
… v belov, 30 December, 2012 - 10:08pm login or register to post comments

 
Not bad,
just continuing to learn. Which means there's hope for me yet.
… MJ Hatfield, 31 December, 2012 - 5:36am login or register to post comments

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Phyxelis rigidus (Say) Tribe Tropiphorini, Entiminae. Note well-developed postocular lobes.Trachyphloeosoma is less than half its size,and still is a Trachphloeini .
… Charles W. O'Brien, 30 December, 2012 - 9:51pm login or register to post comments

 
Yes,
thank you.
… MJ Hatfield, 31 December, 2012 - 5:37am login or register to post comments

hmm... Trachyphloeosoma? will show around
it's definitely in this tribe but clearly none of the three Trachyphloeus spp. recorded in N.America -- and none of those Palaearctic spp. i'm familiar with
Moved from Snout and Bark Beetles.
… v belov, 30 December, 2012 - 6:26pm login or register to post comments

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