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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Curculionoidea » Snout and Bark Beetles (Curculionidae) » Curculioninae » Storeini » Pachytychius » Gilkicker Weevil (Pachytychius haematocephalus)

Species Pachytychius haematocephalus - Gilkicker Weevil

Classification · Explanation of Names · Size · Identification · Range · Food · Internet References · Works Cited
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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 Curculioninae
Tribe Storeini
Genus Pachytychius
Species haematocephalus (Gilkicker Weevil)
Explanation of Names
Pachytychius haematocephalus (Gyllenhal 1836)
Size
3.0-4.0 mm(1)
Identification
adult habitus photos(2)
Range
native to w. Palaearctic, adventive in NA and known from a few locations in ne. US (NY, MA)(3)(2)
Food
pods of Lotus corniculatus(1)
Internet References
Species profile(1)
Works Cited
1.Norton et al. (2003-) Wildscreen Arkive
2.Boston Harbor Islands: All taxa biodiversity inventory
3.Annotated checklist of the weevils (Curculionidae sensu lato) of North America, Central America, and the West Indies...
O'Brien C.W., Wibmer G.J. 1982. Mem. Am. Ent. Inst. 34: x+382 pp.
Contributed by v belov on 29 June, 2014 - 11:38am
Last updated 7 August, 2014 - 1:08pm

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