Myrmex myrmex in Howard Co., Maryland (7/26/2023). (c) bugologist2, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC).
A Myrmex myrmex in Baltimore Co., Maryland (7/24/2015).
Myrmex myrmex in Prince George's Co., Maryland (5/17/2022). (c) pam b, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC).
Myrmex myrmex in Montgomery Co., Maryland (5/7/2024). (c) Zachary Dankowicz, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC).
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9 Records
Status
Found in the eastern and central U.S.
Relationships
Lives in dead and dying twigs of American Sycamore.
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Myrmex myrmex in Howard Co., Maryland (7/26/2023). (c) bugologist2, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC).
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Source: Wikipedia
| Myrmex myrmex | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Family: | Curculionidae |
| Genus: | Myrmex |
| Species: | M. myrmex
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| Binomial name | |
| Myrmex myrmex (Herbst, 1797)
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| Synonyms[1] | |
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Myrmex myrmex is a species of antlike weevil in the beetle family Curculionidae. It is found in North America.[1][2][3] It develops in dead and dying American sycamore wood. [4]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Myrmex myrmex Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-25.
- ^ "Myrmex myrmex". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-25.
- ^ "Myrmex myrmex species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2019-09-25.
- ^ Skvarla, Michael; Fisher, Danielle; Schnepp, Kyle; Dowling, Ashley (2015-12-10). "Terrestrial arthropods of Steel Creek, Buffalo National River, Arkansas. I. Select beetles (Coleoptera: Buprestidae, Carabidae, Cerambycidae, Curculionoidea excluding Scolytinae)". Biodiversity Data Journal. 3 (3). Pensoft Publishers: e6832. doi:10.3897/bdj.3.e6832. ISSN 1314-2828. PMC 4698462. PMID 26752967.
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.