Sphenophorus melanocephalus

Sphenophorus melanocephalus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Family:	Curculionidae
Genus:	Sphenophorus
Species:	S. melanocephalus
Binomial name
	Sphenophorus melanocephalus; (Fabricius, 1801)
Synonyms
	Rhynchophorus inaequalis Say, 1832 ; Sphenophorus contractus Gyllenhal, 1838 ;

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]

References

^ Prena (2021). "On the identity of Sphenophorus melanocephalus (Fabricius) (Coleoptera, Curculionidae, Dryophthorinae)". Coleopterists Bulletin. 74: 86–87. doi:10.1649/0010-065x-75.1.86.
^ Horn (1873). "Contributions to a knowledge of the Curculionidae of the United States". Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society. 13: 407–469.

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[TCB2021-1] Prena (2021). "On the identity of Sphenophorus melanocephalus (Fabricius) (Coleoptera, Curculionidae, Dryophthorinae)". Coleopterists Bulletin. 74: 86–87. doi:10.1649/0010-065x-75.1.86.

[PAPS1873-2] Horn (1873). "Contributions to a knowledge of the Curculionidae of the United States". Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society. 13: 407–469.

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