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Sphenophorus zeae

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Sphenophorus zeae
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Curculionidae
Genus: Sphenophorus
Species:
S. zeae
Binomial name
Sphenophorus zeae
Walsh, 1867
Synonyms[1]
  • Sphenophorus blatchleyi Chittenden, 1924

Sphenophorus zeae, the Timothy billbug, is a species of true weevil in the family of beetles known as Curculionidae.[1][2][3] It is found in North America.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c "Sphenophorus zeae Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-05-06.
  2. ^ "Sphenophorus zeae". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-05-06.
  3. ^ "Sphenophorus zeae Species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-05-06.

Further reading

  • Alonso-Zarazaga, Miguel A.; Lyal, Christopher H.C. (1999). A World Catalogue of Families and Genera of Curculionoidea (Insecta: Coleoptera) (Excepting Scotylidae and Platypodidae). Entomopraxis. ISBN 84-605-9994-9.
  • Arnett, R.H. Jr.; Thomas, M. C.; Skelley, P. E.; Frank, J. H., eds. (2002). American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea. CRC Press. ISBN 978-0849309540.
  • LeConte, J.L. (1861). Classification of the Coleoptera of North America. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections. Vol. 3. Smithsonian Institution. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.38459. ISBN 0665100558.
  • O'Brien, Charles W.; Wibmer, Guillermo J. (1982). "Annotated checklist of the weevils (Curculionidae sensu lato) of North America, Central America, and the West Indies (Coleoptera: Curculionoidea)". Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute (34).
  • White, Richard E. (1998) [1983]. A Field Guide to the Beetles of North America (Peterson Field Guides). Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. ISBN 0395910897.