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venustus group

Anthonomus schwarzi Clark & Burke - Anthonomus schwarzi Anthonomus schwarzi Clark & Burke - Anthonomus schwarzi Anthonomus schwarzi Clark & Burke - Anthonomus schwarzi
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 venustus group
Numbers
2 spp. in our area, 21 spp. total(1)
Size
♂♂ 1.8-4.4 mm, ♀♀ 2.3-4.6 mm(1)
Range
neotropical group ranging into FL & southernmost TX(1)
Food
known hosts: Malpighiaceae(1)
Works Cited
1.Revision of the venustus species group of the weevil genus Anthonomus Germar (Coleoptera: Curculionidae)
Clark W.E., Burke H.R. 1985. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 111(1): 103-170.