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Poophagus
Genus
Poophagus
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
Ceutorhynchinae (Minute Seed Weevils)
Tribe
Ceutorhynchini
Genus
Poophagus
Explanation of Names
Poophagus
Schönherr 1837
Numbers
A single (adventive) species in our area
(
1
)
, 3 spp. total
(
2
)
Range
native to Europe, adventive in Canada (QC)
(
2
)
Food
host:
Rorippa
(Brassicaceae)
(
2
)
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.
Catalogue of Ceutorhynchinae of the world, with a key to genera (Insecta Coleoptera Curculionidae)
Colonnelli E. 2004. Argania Editio, Barcelona. 124 pp.
Contributed by
v belov
on 4 February, 2014 - 6:29pm
Last updated 20 January, 2015 - 12:54pm