Cylas formicarius

Cylas formicarius
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Clade:Euarthropoda
Class:Insecta
Order:Coleoptera
Family:Brentidae
Genus:Cylas
Species: C. formicarius
Binomial name
Cylas formicarius
(Fabricius, 1798)
Synonyms[1]
  • Attelabus formicarius Fabricius, 1798
  • Brentus formicarius Fabricius, 1798
  • Cylas turcipennis Boheman, 1833

Cylas formicarius, the sweet potato weevil, is a species of sweet potato weevil in the family of beetles known as Brentidae.[1][2][3][4] It is found in Africa, Australia, the Caribbean, Europe & Northern Asia (excluding China), Central America, North America, Oceania, South America, and Southern Asia.[1]

Sweet potato weevil, Cylas formicarius

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Cylas formicarius Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-04-12.
  2. ↑ "Cylas formicarius". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-04-12.
  3. ↑ "Cylas formicarius Species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-04-12.
  4. ↑ "Cylas formicarius Overview". Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved 2018-04-12.

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.
  • Sforzi, Alessandra; Bartolozzi, Luca, eds. (2004). Brentidae of the world (Coleoptera, Curculionoidea). Monographie del Museo Regionale di Scienze Naturali, Torino. ISBN 88-86041-35-7. ISSN 1121-7545.
  • 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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