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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

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