Rhinostomus frontalis

Rhinostomus frontalis
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Cucujiformia
Family:	Curculionidae
Subfamily:	Dryophthorinae
Genus:	Rhinostomus
Species:	R. frontalis
Binomial name
Rhinostomus frontalis (LeConte, 1874)
Synonyms
Yuccaborus frontalis LeConte, 1876

Rhinostomus frontalis is a species of weevils, previously placed in a genus called Yuccaborus ^[1] and known as the yucca weevils. ^{[2] [3]}

References

1. "Browse Yuccaborus". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-05-03.
2. Morrone, Juan J.; Cuevas, Perla I. (2009). "On the status of the tribes Orthognathini and Rhinostomini (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Dryophthorinae)" . Zootaxa. 2216. Magnolia Press: 57–63. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.2216.1.5.
3. "Rhinostomus Genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-05-03.

Further reading

• Alonso-Zarazaga, Miguel A.; Lyal, Christopher H.C. (1999). A World Catalogue of Families and Genera of Curculionoidea (Insecta: Coleoptera) (Excepting Scotylidae and Platypodidae). Entomopraxis. ISBN   84-605-9994-9.
• Arnett, R.H. Jr.; Thomas, M. C.; Skelley, P. E.; Frank, J. H., eds. (2002). American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea. CRC Press. ISBN   978-0849309540.
• Blatchley, W.S. (1910). An illustrated descriptive catalogue of the Coleoptera, beetles (exclusive of the Rhynchophora) known to occur in Indiana. Nature Pub.
• Bouchard, Patrice; Bousquet, Yves; Davies, Anthony E.; Alonso-Zarazaga, Miguel A.; et al. (2011). "Family-group names in Coleoptera (Insecta)". ZooKeys (88). Pensoft Publishers: 1–972. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.88.807 . ISSN   1313-2989. PMC   3088472 . PMID   21594053.
• LeConte, J.L. (1861). Classification of the Coleoptera of North America. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections. Vol. 3. Smithsonian Institution. doi: 10.5962/bhl.title.38459 . ISBN   0665100558.
• O'Brien, Charles W.; Wibmer, Guillermo J. (1982). "Annotated checklist of the weevils (Curculionidae sensu lato) of North America, Central America, and the West Indies (Coleoptera: Curculionoidea)". Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute (34).
• White, Richard E. (1998) [1983]. A Field Guide to the Beetles of North America (Peterson Field Guides). Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. ISBN   0395910897.

External links

• Texas A&M Extension: Coleoptera-Curculionidae Rhinostomus frontalis - Snout and Bark Beetles (retrieved 10 January 2020)
• Biolib.cz: Rhinostomus frontalis (LeConte, 1874) (retrieved 10 January 2020)
• Data related to Rhinostomus frontalis at Wikispecies