Sphenophorus venatus

Sphenophorus venatus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Clade:Euarthropoda
Class:Insecta
Order:Coleoptera
Family:Curculionidae
Genus:Sphenophorus
Species: S. venatus
Binomial name
Sphenophorus venatus
(Say, 1831)
Synonyms[1]
  • Rhynchophorus immunis Say, 1831
  • Rhynchophorus placidus Say, 1831
  • Sphenophorus confluens Chittenden, 1904
  • Sphenophorus confusus Gyllenhal, 1838
  • Sphenophorus fallax Boheman, 1845
  • Sphenophorus glyceriae Chittenden, 1919
  • Sphenophorus reticulaticollis Boheman, 1845
  • Sphenophorus vestitus Chittenden, 1904

Sphenophorus venatus, the hunting billbug, is a species of true weevil in the family of beetles known as Curculionidae.[1][2][3] It is found in Central America and North America.[1]

Subspecies

These four subspecies belong to the species Sphenophorus venatus:

  • Sphenophorus venatus confluens b
  • Sphenophorus venatus glyceriae b
  • Sphenophorus venatus venatus (Say, 1831) i g b
  • Sphenophorus venatus vestitus Chittenden, 1904 i g b (hunting billbug)

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

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Sphenophorus venatus Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-05-06.
  2. 1 2 "Sphenophorus venatus species details". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-05-06.
  3. 1 2 "Sphenophorus venatus Species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-05-06.
  4. ↑ "GBIF". Retrieved 2018-05-06.

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.
  • O'Brien, Charles W.; Wibmer, Guillermo J. (1982). "Annotated checklist of the weevils (Curculionidae sensu lato) of North America, Central America, and the West Indies (Coleoptera: Curculionoidea)". Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute (34).
  • 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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