Sphenophorus maidis
| Sphenophorus maidis | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Cucujiformia |
| Family: | Curculionidae |
| Genus: | Sphenophorus |
| Species: | S. maidis |
| Binomial name | |
| Sphenophorus maidis Chittenden, 1905 | |
Sphenophorus maidis, the maize billbug, is a species of beetles in the family Curculionidae.[1][2] It is found in North America.[2][3]
References
- ^ "Sphenophorus maidis Species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-01-27.
- ^ a b "Sphenophorus maidis Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-01-27.
- ^ 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.
- 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, FL.
- Arnett, Ross H. (2000). American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico. CRC Press.
- Richard E. White. (1983). Peterson Field Guides: Beetles. Houghton Mifflin Company.