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Sphenophorus Maidis
''Sphenophorus maidis'', the maize billbug, is a species of beetles 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 .... It is found in North America.Jansen MA, Franz NM (2015). "Phylogenetic revision of Minyomerus Horn, 1876 sec. Jansen & Franz, 2015 (Coleoptera, Curculionidae) using taxonomic concept annotations and alignments". ''ZooKeys 528'': 1-133. References * Poole, Robert W., and Patricia Gentili, eds. (1996). "Coleoptera". ''Nomina Insecta Nearctica: A Check List of the Insects of North America, vol. 1: Coleoptera, Strepsiptera'', 41-820. Further reading * Arnett, R.H. Jr., M. C. Thomas, P. E. Skelley and J. H. Frank. (eds.). (2002). ''American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea''. CRC Press LLC, Boca Raton, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frank Hurlbut Chittenden
Frank Hurlbut Chittenden (3 November 1858 – 15 September 1929) was an American coleopterist and economic entomologist who worked in the United States Department of Agriculture, US Department of Entomology. Life Chittenden was born in Cleveland, Cleveland, Ohio but the family moved to Elyria. He lost his father when he was young and was taken care of by his school-teacher mother. He went to Cornell University but unfortunately for Chittenden, the well-known entomology professor at Cornell, John Henry Comstock was then away in Washington. Chittenden, sponsored by William Jacob Holland, William J. Holland of the Carnegie Museum, found himself studying under W.S. Barnard, who was less experienced in entomology than himself. This led to Barnard being displeased and led to Chittenden leaving with a licenciate degree in 1881 instead of a bachelor's degree. He then lived in Brooklyn and worked at the Brooklyn Museum, and worked as an editor of the ''Entomologica Americana (Brooklyn Ent ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
