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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Curculionoidea » Snout and Bark Beetles (Curculionidae) » Curculioninae » Anthonomini » Anthonomus » subgenus Anthonomus (Anthonomus subgenus Anthonomus) » Anthonomus rufipennis

Species Anthonomus rufipennis

Classification · Explanation of Names · Size · Identification · Range · Life Cycle · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited

Anthonomus rufipennis LeConte - Anthonomus rufipennis

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)

Species rufipennis (Anthonomus rufipennis)

Explanation of Names

Anthonomus rufipennis LeConte 1876

rufipennis (L). 'red wing' (1)

Size

2.2 - 3.0 mm (2)

Identification

Oblong oval. Piceous, elytra reddish-brown, a small scutellar space and the suture often slightly darker; antennae and legs pale reddish brown, club dusky. Beak striate and with several rows of remote punctures. Second joint of funicle elongate. (3)

Range

e US (TX-FL-NY-SD) - Map (2)(4)

Life Cycle

bred from partridge pea (Chamaecrista fasciculata, Fabaceae). (=Cassia chamaecrista) (Mitchell, and Pierce 1911)

Print References

Mitchell, J.D. and W.D. Pierce. 1911. The Weevils of Victoria County, Texas. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 13(1): 45–62. (Full Text)

Internet References

Type - MCZ, Harvard

SCAN

Works Cited

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

2.	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.

3.	Rhynchophora or weevils of North Eastern America Blatchley and Leng. 1916. Nature Publishing Co., Indianapolis, Indiana. 682 pp.

4.	Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)

Contributed by v belov on 1 January, 2014 - 7:34pm
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn
Last updated 22 March, 2024 - 7:44pm

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