Sphenophorus venatus

Sphenophorus venatus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Cucujiformia
Family:	Curculionidae
Genus:	Sphenophorus
Species:	S. venatus
Binomial name
Sphenophorus venatus (Say, 1831)
Synonyms [1]
Rhynchophorus immunis Say, 1831 Rhynchophorus placidus Say, 1831 Sphenophorus confluens Chittenden, 1904 Sphenophorus confusus Gyllenhal, 1838 Sphenophorus fallax Boheman, 1845 Sphenophorus glyceriae Chittenden, 1919 Sphenophorus reticulaticollis Boheman, 1845 Sphenophorus vestitus Chittenden, 1904

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 vestitusChittenden, 1904 (hunting billbug)

References

1. "Sphenophorus venatus Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-25.
2. "Sphenophorus venatus". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-25.
3. "Sphenophorus venatus species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2019-09-25.
4. 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.

Further reading

• Lobl, I.; Smetana, A., eds. (2013). Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 7: Curculionoidea I. Apollo Books. ISBN   978-90-04-26093-1.
• Lobl, I.; Smetana, A., eds. (2013). Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 8: Curculionoidea II. Apollo Books. ISBN   978-90-04-25916-4.