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Source: Wikipedia
| Sphenophorus venatus | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Family: | Curculionidae |
| Genus: | Sphenophorus |
| Species: | S. venatus
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| Binomial name | |
| Sphenophorus venatus (Say, 1831)
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| Synonyms[1] | |
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Sphenophorus venatus, the hunting billbug, is a species of beetle in the family Dryophthoridae. It is found in Central America and North America.[1][2][3]
Subspecies
[edit]These four subspecies belong to the species Sphenophorus venatus:
- Sphenophorus venatus confluens
- Sphenophorus venatus glyceriae
- Sphenophorus venatus venatus (Say, 1831)
- Sphenophorus venatus vestitus Chittenden, 1904 (hunting billbug)
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Sphenophorus venatus Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-25.
- ^ "Sphenophorus venatus". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-25.
- ^ "Sphenophorus venatus species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2019-09-25.
Further reading
[edit]- Lobl, I.; Smetana, A., eds. (2013). Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 7: Curculionoidea I. Apollo Books. ISBN 978-90-04-26093-1.
- Lobl, I.; Smetana, A., eds. (2013). Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 8: Curculionoidea II. Apollo Books. ISBN 978-90-04-25916-4.