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Genus Amblycerus

A. robiniae? - Amblycerus robiniae Amblycerus robiniae Brown mottled beetle - Amblycerus robiniae Pennsylvania Beetle - Amblycerus robiniae locust bean weevil - Amblycerus robiniae beetle - Amblycerus robiniae Amblycerus vitis? - Amblycerus vitis Small Beetle - Amblycerus robiniae
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Coleoptera (Beetles)
Suborder Polyphaga
No Taxon (Series Cucujiformia)
Superfamily Chrysomeloidea (Longhorn and Leaf Beetles)
Family Chrysomelidae (Leaf Beetles)
Subfamily Bruchinae (Pea and Bean Weevils)
Tribe Amblycerini
Genus Amblycerus
Explanation of Names
Amblycerus Thunberg 1815
Numbers
7 species in our area, many more in the Neotropics (1)(2)
our species (extralimital distribution ommited):
A. eustrophoides, A. nigromarginatus, A. schwarzi, *A. sosia FL
A. robiniae widespread
A. vitis AZ, w.TX
*adventive
Range
most of the US, A. robiniae NH‒FL to AB‒OR‒CA, the rest in the extreme south(2)
Remarks
our only representative of the subtribe Amblycerina Bridwell 1932
Works Cited
1.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.
2.Handbook of the Bruchidae of the United States and Canada
Kingsolver J.M. 2004. USDA Tech. Bull. 1912 (2 vols.).
Contributed by Jim McClarin on 26 November, 2006 - 4:08pm
Additional contributions by Bbarnd, Mike Quinn, v belov
Last updated 11 November, 2024 - 7:39pm

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