Anthonomus
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| Anthonomus grandis | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Family: | Curculionidae |
| Tribe: | Anthonomini |
| Genus: | Anthonomus Germar, 1817 |
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Anthonomus is a genus of weevils. This genus includes major agricultural pests such as the boll weevil, strawberry blossom weevil, and pepper weevil as well as promising biocontrol agents such as A. santacruzi.
[edit] Taxonomy
Clark (2005) has been revising the subgenera of Anthonomus. The taxonomy is unclear at the present whether Cnemocyllus should be a genus or a subgenus within Anthonomus.[1] Research suggests that the genus Hampea (Malvales: Malvaceae) was the original host plant for the A. grandis species group.[2]
Species include:
- Anthonomus consors – Cherry Curculio
- Anthonomus corvulus LeConte 1876
- Anthonomus elutus
- Anthonomus elongatus
- Anthonomus eugenii – Pepper weevil
- Anthonomus grandis – Boll weevil
- Anthonomus haematopus Boheman, 1843
- Anthonomus lecontei Burke, 1975
- Anthonomus molochinus Dietz, 1891
- Anthonomus monostigma Champion
- Anthonomus morticinus Clark
- Anthonomus musculus Say, 1831
- Anthonomus nigrinus potato bud weevil
- Anthonomus phyllocola
- Anthonomus pictus Blatchley, 1922
- Anthonomus pomorum – Apple Blossom Weevil
- Anthonomus quadrigibbus – Apple Curculio
- Anthonomus rectirostris
- Anthonomus rubi Strawberry blossom weevil
- Anthonomus santacruzi Hustache
- Anthonomus signatus Say (Strawberry bud weevil)
- Anthonomus subfasciatus
- Anthonomus tenebrosus
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[edit] References
- ^ Wayne E. Clark Horace R. Burke (2005). "Revision of the subgenus Cnemocyllus Dietz of the weevil genus Anthonomus Germar (Coleoptera: Curculionidae, Anthonomini)". Insecta Mundi. http://digitalcommons.unl.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1070&context=insectamundi.
- ^ Robert W. Jones. "Evolution of the Host Plant Associations of the Anthonomus grandis Species Group (Coleoptera: Curculionidae): Phylogenetic Tests of Various Hypotheses". Annals of the Entomological Society of America January 2001 pgs 51-58. http://www.bioone.org/doi/abs/10.1603/0013-8746%282001%29094%5B0051:EOTHPA%5D2.0.CO%3B2.
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