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Genus Amblycerus

Amblycerus robiniae ??? - Amblycerus robiniae

Pea and Bean Weevil - 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)

Species: (2)

Amblycerus eustrophoides - Cuba, Mexico, Costa Rica, Florida (from Drypetes laterifolia)

Amblycerus ireriae - TX (rare) (3)

Amblycerus nigromarginatus - US (FL) to Brazil

Amblycerus robiniae - widespread in US, into Mexico - Map (3)

Amblycerus schwarzi - FL

Amblycerus sosia - FL introduction

Amblycerus vitis - AZ, w. TX, likely into Mexico

Range

most of the US, with a single widely distributed sp. (A. robiniae: NH-FL west to AB-OR-CA) and others in the extreme south (3 FL, 2 TX, 1 AZ)(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.).

3.	Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)

Contributed by Jim McClarin on 26 November, 2006 - 4:08pm
Additional contributions by Bbarnd, Mike Quinn, v belov
Last updated 27 March, 2022 - 5:37pm

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