Sphenophorus venatus

Sphenophorus venatus, the hunting billbug, is a species of beetle in the family Dryophthoridae. It is found in Central America and North America.[1][2][3]

Sphenophorus venatus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Curculionidae
Genus: Sphenophorus
Species:
S. venatus
Binomial name
Sphenophorus venatus
(Say, 1831)
Synonyms[1]
  • Rhynchophorus immunis Say, 1831
  • Rhynchophorus placidus Say, 1831
  • Sphenophorus confluens Chittenden, 1904
  • Sphenophorus confusus Gyllenhal, 1838
  • Sphenophorus fallax Boheman, 1845
  • Sphenophorus glyceriae Chittenden, 1919
  • Sphenophorus reticulaticollis Boheman, 1845
  • Sphenophorus vestitus Chittenden, 1904

Subspecies

These four subspecies belong to the species Sphenophorus venatus:

  • Sphenophorus venatus confluens
  • Sphenophorus venatus glyceriae
  • Sphenophorus venatus venatus (Say, 1831)
  • Sphenophorus venatus vestitus Chittenden, 1904 (hunting billbug)

References
  1. "Sphenophorus venatus Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-25.
  2. "Sphenophorus venatus". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-25.

Further reading
  • 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.


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