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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Curculionoidea » Brachyceridae » Marsh Weevils (Erirhininae) » Tanysphyrus » Duckweed Weevil (Tanysphyrus lemnae)

Species Tanysphyrus lemnae - Duckweed Weevil

Classification · Explanation of Names · Size · Identification · Range · Food · Works Cited
Weevil 2 - Tanysphyrus lemnae Weevil 2 - Tanysphyrus lemnae Erirhinini sp? - Tanysphyrus lemnae weevil - Tanysphyrus lemnae Duckweed Weevil - Tanysphyrus lemnae Duckweed Weevil - Tanysphyrus lemnae Tanysphyrus lemnae - male Tanysphyrus lemnae - male
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 Brachyceridae
Subfamily Erirhininae (Marsh Weevils)
Genus Tanysphyrus
Species lemnae (Duckweed Weevil)
Explanation of Names
Tanysphyrus lemnae (Paykull & G.de, 1792)
lemnae reference to the host, Lemna
Size
1.2 mm(1)
Identification
Range
e. N. Amer. to BC - Map (2)(3), holarctic species
Food
Associated with duckweed (Lemna spp., Lemnaceae)(4)
Works Cited
1.Rhynchophora or weevils of North Eastern America
Blatchley and Leng. 1916. Nature Publishing Co., Indianapolis, Indiana. 682 pp.
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.Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
4.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 tom murray on 22 November, 2006 - 6:30pm
Additional contributions by Bug Eric, Mike Quinn, v belov, onegunah
Last updated 17 May, 2023 - 11:12am

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