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Species Ophryastes speciosus

Ophryastes speciosus (LeConte) - Ophryastes speciosus

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

Species speciosus (Ophryastes speciosus)

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Ophryastes speciosus (LeConte)

Orig. Comb: Eupagoderes speciosus LeConte 1853

Explanation of Names

speciosus (L). "showy, beautiful' (1)

Range

AZ to w. TX / Mex. (2)(3)(4)

Life Cycle

On Prosopis glandulosa, Cevallia sinuata, Larrea divaricata (4)

Print References

LeConte J.L. 1853. Descriptions of some new Coleoptera from Texas, chiefly collected by the Mexican Boundary Commission. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 6: 439-448. (Pg. 444)

Internet References

Type - MCZ, Harvard

Neotropical Arthropod Portal - ASU

Works Cited

1.	Dictionary of Word Roots and Combining Forms Donald J. Borror. 1960. Mayfield Publishing Company.

2.	MCZ Type Database @ Harvard Entomology

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.	Annotated checklist of New World insects associated with Prosopis (Mesquite) C. R. Ward, C. W. O'Brien, l. B. O'Brien, D. E. Foster, E. W. Huddleston. 1977. Agricultural Research Service, U.S.D.A. 1557: 1-115.

Contributed by v belov on 25 October, 2013 - 11:46pm
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn
Last updated 20 January, 2017 - 11:57am

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