Anthonomus is a genus of weevils. This genus includes major agricultural pests such as the boll weevil, strawberry blossom weevil, and pepper weevil, as well as promising biological pest control agents such as Anthonomus santacruzi.
| Anthonomus | |
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| Anthonomus grandis | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Family: | Curculionidae |
| Tribe: | Anthonomini |
| Genus: | Anthonomus Germar, 1817 |
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Furcipus | |
Taxonomy
editThe taxonomy of the genus is still under revision. It is unclear whether Cnemocyllus should be a genus or a subgenus within Anthonomus.[1] Research suggests that the genus Hampea in the mallow family was the original host plant for the A. grandis species group.[2]
See also
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References
edit- ^ Clark, W. E. and H. R. Burke (2005). "Revision of the subgenus Cnemocyllus Dietz of the weevil genus Anthonomus Germar (Coleoptera: Curculionidae, Anthonomini)". Insecta Mundi.
- ^ Jones, Robert W. (2001). "Evolution of the Host Plant Associations of the Anthonomus grandis Species Group (Coleoptera: Curculionidae): Phylogenetic Tests of Various Hypotheses". Annals of the Entomological Society of America. 94: 51–58. doi:10.1603/0013-8746(2001)094[0051:EOTHPA]2.0.CO;2. ISSN 0013-8746.
- Majka, Christopher G.; Anderson, Robert S.; McCorquodale, David B. (2007). "The weevils (Coleoptera: Curculionoidea) of the Maritime Provinces of Canada, II: New records from Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island and regional zoogeography" (PDF). The Canadian Entomologist. 139 (3): 397–442. doi:10.4039/n06-021. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2020-03-14.