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 (Germar, 1823), which not only had date priority over Calandra compressirostra Say but also a differently composed specific epithet. The homonymy was maintained nevertheless because the original spelling did not prevail.[1]
Sphenophorus cultrirostris | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Coleoptera |
Family: | Curculionidae |
Genus: | Sphenophorus |
Species: | S. cultrirostris
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Binomial name | |
Sphenophorus cultrirostris Gyllenhal, 1838
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References
edit- ^ a b c Prena (2019). "An annotated inventory of the weevils (Coleoptera: Curculionoidea) described by Thomas Say". Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology. 161: 323–401. doi:10.3099/mcz161-09.1.
- ^ Vaurie (1951). "Revision of the genus Calendra (formerly Sphenophorus) in the United States and Mexico (Coleoptera, Curculionidae)". Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. 98: 26–186.