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Species Minyomerus griseus

Piscatopus griseus Sleeper - Minyomerus griseus
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 Tanymecini
Genus Minyomerus
Species griseus (Minyomerus griseus)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Piscatopus griseus Sleeper 1960(1)
Explanation of Names
Minyomerus griseus (Sleeper 1960)
griseus = 'gray'
Size
♂ 4.2–4.4 mm, ♀ 4.3-4.8 mm(1)
Identification
readily distinguished from other congeners by the separated procoxae and the size of the rostrum, which is narrower than the head(1)
Range
w. TX (Presidio); likely present in Chihuahua (Mexico)(1)
Food
Associated with creosote bush (Larrea tridentata; Zygophyllaceae) and four-wing saltbush (Atriplex canescens; Asteraceae)(1)