Fagus grandifolia, the American beech or North American beech, is the only species of beech native to North America. Its current range comprises the eastern United States, isolated pockets of Mexico and southeastern Canada. Prior to the glacial maximum of the Pleistocene epoch, the tree flourished over most of North America, reaching California.
Sitona is a large genus of weevils in the family Curculionidae native to the Nearctic and Palaearctic regions. Over 100 species have been described. Sitona is easily distinguished from related genera by flat, recumbent scales on the mandibles, by the absence of an oval scar on the mandibles, by short and broad rostrum with a deep, longitudinal, median groove, and by dense scales on the body.
In the 10th edition of Systema Naturae of 1758–1759, Carl Linnaeus classified the arthropods, including insects, arachnids and crustaceans, among his class "Insecta". He described the Insecta as:
A very numerous and various class consisting of small animals, breathing through lateral spiracles, armed on all sides with a bony skin, or covered with hair; furnished with many feet, and moveable antennae, which project from the head, and are the probable instruments of sensation.
Leptura quadrifasciata, the four-banded longhorn beetle, is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae. It was described by Carl Linnaeus in his landmark 1758 10th edition of Systema Naturae.
Phyllobius argentatus is a species of short-nosed weevil commonly known as the silver-green leaf weevil.
Phyllobius oblongus is a species of weevil native to Europe.
Anthonomus pedicularius is a species of weevil native to Europe.
Cionus scrophulariae, commonly known as the figwort weevil is a species of weevil native to Europe.
Cryptorhynchus lapathi is a species of weevil native to Europe. Its common names include poplar and willow borer, osier weevil, and willow weevil.
Ellescus bipunctatus is a species of weevil native to Europe.
Magdalis carbonaria is a species of weevil native to Europe.
Miarus campanulae is a species of weevil native to Europe.
Nedyus quadrimaculatus is a species of weevil native to Europe.
Orchestes alni is a species of weevil native to Europe.
Orchestes quercus is a species of weevil native to Europe.
Orobitis cyaneus is a species of weevil native to Europe.
Pissodes pini is a species of weevil native to Europe.
Rhinoncus pericarpius is a species of weevil native to Europe.
Tachyerges salicis is a species of weevil native to Europe.
