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Species Microplontus edentulus

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 Microplontus

Species edentulus (Microplontus edentulus)

Explanation of Names

Microplontus edentulus (Schultze 1896)

Range

native to e. Europe(1), released in w. Canada (SK-AB)(2)

Remarks

released to control Matricaria perforata (Scentless Chamomile) (2)

Internet References

British Columbia

Works Cited

1.	Catalogue of Ceutorhynchinae of the world, with a key to genera (Insecta Coleoptera Curculionidae) Colonnelli E. 2004. Argania Editio, Barcelona. 124 pp.

2.	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.

Contributed by v belov on 5 March, 2014 - 6:15am
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset
Last updated 22 October, 2017 - 10:41am

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