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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Curculionoidea » Snout and Bark Beetles (Curculionidae) » Broad-nosed Weevils (Entiminae) » Ophryastini » Ophryastes

Genus Ophryastes

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Range · Habitat · Food · Print References · Works Cited
Weevil -? - Ophryastes tuberosus Curculionidae - Ophryastes Weevil on palo verde - Ophryastes Ophryastes? - Ophryastes Entiminae - Ophryastes mixtus Weevil - Entiminae? - Ophryastes Weevil - Entiminae? - Ophryastes Ophryastes
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 Entiminae (Broad-nosed Weevils)
Tribe Ophryastini
Genus Ophryastes
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
revised in (1)
Explanation of Names
Ophryastes Germar 1829
from Greek ophrys 'eyebrow'
Numbers
35 spp. in our area; 2 spp. reach Canada(2)
Range
w. US and adjacent Canada; most diverse in the southwest(2)
Habitat
arid habitats(2)
Food
Associated with shrubs, mostly in the Asteraceae, but also Larrea trilobata (creosote bush; Zygophyllaceae) and Atriplex (saltbush; Chenopodiaceae)(2)
Print References
Davis A.C. (1947) Review of the weevils of the tribe Ophryastini of America North of Mexico. Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 96 (3207): 483-551 (Full text)
Works Cited
1.Curculionidae tribe Ophryastini of North America (Coleoptera)
Kissinger D.G. 1970. Taxonomic Publications (South Lancaster, Mass). v+238 pp.
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.
Contributed by Jim McClarin on 10 October, 2006 - 6:02pm
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn, Ted Kropiewnicki, v belov
Last updated 23 February, 2021 - 4:08pm

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