| Sphenophorus melanocephalus | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Family: | Curculionidae |
| Genus: | Sphenophorus |
| Species: | S. melanocephalus |
| Binomial name | |
| Sphenophorus melanocephalus (Fabricius, 1801) | |
| Synonyms [1] | |
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Sphenophorus melanocephalus is a species of beetle in the family Curculionidae found in North America. Because type specimens were unavailable, the name once was misused for a different species, Sphenophorus nubilus . [2]
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The golden-backed uakari or black-headed uakari, is a New World primate from the family Pitheciidae. It lives in the Amazon Rainforest, and is found in the countries of Brazil, Colombia, and Venezuela. It has black hair covering its body, except for a reddish abdomen, tail, and upper limbs, and a bald face. It has highly specialised teeth which allow it to eat seeds and fruits with hard shells. The name golden-backed uakari is a neotype proposed by Boubli et al. (2008).
Orchestes is a genus of beetles either classified in the subfamily Rhynchaeninae or in the tribe Rhamphini of the subfamily Curculioninae, of the family Curculionidae. It encompasses six species in North America, including Orchestes alni, and more in Eurasia. It was previously regarded as a synonym of Rhynchaenus, which is now used with a more restricted definition. The name Pedetes has been used as a manuscript name for this genus around 1799, but not published as a valid name.
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Sphenophorus subulatus is a species of beetles in the family Curculionidae. It is found in North America.
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Sphenophorus costicollis is a species of beetle in the family Dryophthoridae. It is found in North America.
Sphenophorus compressirostris is a species of beetle in the family Curculionidae found in North America. The name should not be confused with Sphenophorus compessirostris, a name replaced with Sphenophorus cultrirostris Gyllenhal, 1838.
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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.
Cosmopolites sordidus, commonly known as the banana root borer, banana borer, or banana weevil, is a species of weevil in the family Curculionidae. It is a pest of banana cultivation and has a cosmopolitan distribution, being found in all parts of the world in which bananas are grown. It is considered the most serious insect pest of bananas.
Sphenophorus nubilus is a species of beetle in the family Curculionidae. Because type specimens were unavailable, the name once was considered a junior synonym of Sphenophorus melanocephalus.
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Sphenophorus cultrirostris is species of beetle in the family Curculionidae found in North America. The name was proposed to replace the supposed junior homonym Sphenophorus compressirostris, which not only had date priority over Calandra compressirostra Say but also a differently composed specific epithet. The homonomy was maintained nevertheless because the original spelling did not prevail.
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