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Sphenophorus Compressirostris
''Sphenophorus compressirostris'' is a species of beetle in the family Curculionidae The Curculionidae are a family of weevils, commonly called snout beetles or true weevils. They are one of the largest animal families with 6,800 genera and 83,000 species described worldwide. They are the sister group to the family Brentidae. Th ... found in North America. The name should not be confused with ''Sphenophorus compessirostris'' (Say, 1824), a name replaced with '' Sphenophorus cultrirostris'' Gyllenhal, 1838. References Dryophthorinae Articles created by Qbugbot Beetles described in 1823 {{Dryophthorinae-stub ...
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Ernst Friedrich Germar
Ernst Friedrich Germar (3 November 1786 – 8 July 1853) was a German professor and director of the Mineralogy, Mineralogical Museum at Halle, Saxony-Anhalt, Halle. As well as being a mineralogist he was interested in entomology and particularly in the Coleoptera and Hemiptera. He wrote monographs on several insect families including the Scutelleridae. He also took an interest in paleoentomology. Life and work Germar was born in Glauchau in the Electorate of Saxony where his father was a merchant. His two older and a younger brother went to study trade but Ernst went to a grammar school in Meiningen at the age of twelve under the care of Schaubach, a relative of his father. He became interested in insects thanks to a friend who had attended forestry classes at Dreissigacker under Johann Matthäus Bechstein. He also got to know the entomologist Joseph Philippe de Clairville who lived in Meiningen. In 1804 he went to study at the mining academy (Bergakademie) at Freiburg where he ...
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Beetle
Beetles are insects that form the Taxonomic rank, order Coleoptera (), in the superorder Holometabola. Their front pair of wings are hardened into wing-cases, elytra, distinguishing them from most other insects. The Coleoptera, with about 400,000 described species, is the largest of all orders, constituting almost 40% of described arthropods and 25% of all known animal species; new species are discovered frequently, with estimates suggesting that there are between 0.9 and 2.1 million total species. However, the number of beetle species is challenged by the number of species in Fly, dipterans (flies) and hymenopterans (wasps). Found in almost every habitat except the sea and the polar regions, they interact with their ecosystems in several ways: beetles often feed on plants and fungi, break down animal and plant debris, and eat other invertebrates. Some species are serious agricultural pests, such as the Colorado potato beetle, while others such as Coccinellidae (ladybirds or ...
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Curculionidae
The Curculionidae are a family of weevils, commonly called snout beetles or true weevils. They are one of the largest animal families with 6,800 genera and 83,000 species described worldwide. They are the sister group to the family Brentidae. They include the bark beetles as the subfamily Scolytinae, which are modified in shape in accordance with their wood-boring lifestyle. They do not much resemble other weevils, so they were traditionally considered a distinct family, Scolytidae. The family also includes the ambrosia beetles, of which the present-day subfamily Platypodinae was formerly considered the distinct family Platypodidae. Description Adult Curculionidae can be recognised by the well-developed, downwards-curved snout (Rostrum (anatomy), rostrum) possessed by many species, though the rostrum is sometimes short (e.g. Entiminae). They have elbowed Antenna (biology), antennae that end in clubs, and the first antennal segment often fits into a groove in the side of the rost ...
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Sphenophorus Cultrirostris
''Sphenophorus cultrirostris'' is species of beetle in the family Curculionidae found in North America. The name was proposed to replace the supposed junior homonym ''Sphenophorus compressirostris ''Sphenophorus compressirostris'' is a species of beetle in the family Curculionidae The Curculionidae are a family of weevils, commonly called snout beetles or true weevils. They are one of the largest animal families with 6,800 genera and 83 ...'' (Germar, 1823), which not only had date priority over ''Calandra compressirostra'' Say but also a differently composed specific epithet. The homonymy was maintained nevertheless because the original spelling did not prevail. References Dryophthorinae Beetles described in 1838 {{Dryophthorinae-stub ...
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Dryophthorinae
Dryophthorinae is a weevil subfamily within the family Curculionidae. While it is not universally accepted as distinct from other curculionid subfamilies, at least one major recent revision elevated it to family rank, as DryophthoridaeAlonso-Zarazaga, M. A. & Lyal, C.H.C. 1999. ''A world catalogue of families and genera of Curculionoidea (Insecta: Coleoptera)'' (Excepting Scolytidae and Platypodidae). Entomopraxis, SCP Edition, Barcelona. Tribes The term tribe is used in many different contexts to refer to a category of human social group. The predominant worldwide use of the term in English is in the discipline of anthropology. The definition is contested, in part due to conflict ... * Cryptodermatini (monotypic) ** '' Cryptoderma'' * Dryophthorini Tribe group "Orthognathinae" * Orthognathini * Rhinostomini (monotypic) ** '' Rhinostomus'' (includes '' Yuccaborus'') Tribe group "Rhynchophorinae" * Diocalandrini (monotypic) ** '' Diocalandra'' * Litosomini ** incl ...
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