Sphenophorus venatus
| Sphenophorus venatus | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Cucujiformia |
| Family: | Curculionidae |
| Genus: | Sphenophorus |
| Species: | S. venatus
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| Binomial name | |
| Sphenophorus venatus (Say, 1831)
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Sphenophorus venatus, the hunting billbug, is a species of beetle in the family Dryophthoridae. It is found in Central America and North America, while it has been spread in the Balkans and Eastern Mediterranean.[1][2][3][4]
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
- ^ a b "Sphenophorus venatus Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-25.
- ^ "Sphenophorus venatus". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-25.
- ^ "Sphenophorus venatus species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2019-09-25.
- ^ Gastouniotis, Georgios; Kakiopoulos, Georgios (2025-06-30). "The rapid expansion of Sphenophorus venatus in the Balkans and Eastern Mediterranean, and notes on the west palearctic Sphenophorus (Coleoptera, Curculionidae)". Travaux du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle "Grigore Antipa". 68 (1): 87–96. doi:10.3897/travaux.68.e143160. ISSN 2247-0735.