Merhynchites bicolor

Merhynchites bicolor
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Clade:Euarthropoda
Class:Insecta
Order:Coleoptera
Family:Attelabidae
Genus:Merhynchites
Species: M. bicolor
Binomial name
Merhynchites bicolor
(Fabricius, 1775)

Merhynchites bicolor, the rose curculio, is a species of leaf rolling weevil in the family of beetles known as Attelabidae.[1][2][3][4] It is found in North America.[1]

Subspecies

These four subspecies belong to the species Merhynchites bicolor:

  • Merhynchites bicolor bicolor g b
  • Merhynchites bicolor cerdonis b
  • Merhynchites bicolor cockerelli Pierce, 1913 b
  • Merhynchites bicolor nigricephalus Hamilton, 1985 b

Data sources: i = ITIS,[1] c = Catalogue of Life,[2] g = GBIF,[3] b = Bugguide.net[4]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Merhynchites bicolor Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-04-24.
  2. 1 2 "Merhynchites bicolor species details". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-04-24.
  3. 1 2 "Merhynchites bicolor". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-04-24.
  4. 1 2 "Merhynchites bicolor Species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-04-24.

Further reading

  • Alonso-Zarazaga, Miguel A.; Lyal, Christopher H.C. (1999). A World Catalogue of Families and Genera of Curculionoidea (Insecta: Coleoptera) (Excepting Scotylidae and Platypodidae). Entomopraxis. ISBN 84-605-9994-9.
  • Arnett, R.H. Jr.; Thomas, M. C.; Skelley, P. E.; Frank, J. H., eds. (2002). American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea. CRC Press. ISBN 978-0849309540.
  • LeConte, J.L. (1861). Classification of the Coleoptera of North America. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections. 3. Smithsonian Institution. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.38459. ISBN 0665100558.
  • White, Richard E. (1998) [1983]. A Field Guide to the Beetles of North America (Peterson Field Guides). Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. ISBN 0395910897.


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