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Sphenophorus melanocephalus

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Species of beetle

Sphenophorus melanocephalus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Family: Curculionidae
Genus: Sphenophorus
Species: S. melanocephalus
Binomial name
Sphenophorus melanocephalus
(Fabricius, 1801)
Synonyms
  • Rhynchophorus inaequalis Say, 1832
  • Sphenophorus contractus Gyllenhal, 1838

Sphenophorus melanocephalus is a species of beetle in the family Curculionidae found in North America. Because type specimens were unavailable, the name once was misused for a different species, Sphenophorus nubilus.

References

  1. Prena (2021). "On the identity of Sphenophorus melanocephalus (Fabricius) (Coleoptera, Curculionidae, Dryophthorinae)". Coleopterists Bulletin. 74: 86–87. doi:10.1649/0010-065x-75.1.86.
  2. Horn (1873). "Contributions to a knowledge of the Curculionidae of the United States". Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society. 13: 407–469.
Taxon identifiers
Sphenophorus melanocephalus
Calandra melanocephala


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