Myrmex myrmex

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Myrmex myrmex
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Family: Curculionidae
Genus: Myrmex
Species:
M. myrmex
Binomial name
Myrmex myrmex
(Herbst, 1797)
Synonyms [1]
  • Erodiscus myrmecodes Say, 1831
  • Myrmex herbstii Sturm, 1826
  • Otiocephalus americanus Chevrolat, 1832

Myrmex myrmex is a species of antlike weevil in the beetle family Curculionidae. It is found in North America. [1] [2] [3] It develops in dead and dying American sycamore wood. [4]

References

  1. 1 2 "Myrmex myrmex Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-25.
  2. "Myrmex myrmex". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-25.
  3. Skvarla, Michael; Fisher, Danielle; Schnepp, Kyle; Dowling, Ashley (2015-12-10). "Terrestrial arthropods of Steel Creek, Buffalo National River, Arkansas. I. Select beetles (Coleoptera: Buprestidae, Carabidae, Cerambycidae, Curculionoidea excluding Scolytinae)". Biodiversity Data Journal. 3 (3) e6832. Pensoft Publishers. doi: 10.3897/bdj.3.e6832 . ISSN   1314-2828. PMC   4698462 . PMID   26752967.

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