Sphenophorus immunis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Family: Curculionidae
Genus: Sphenophorus
Species:
S. immunis
Binomial name
Sphenophorus immunis
(Say, 1832)
Synonyms
  • Sphenophorus sayi Gyllenhal, 1838[1]
  • Sphenophorus subcarinatus Mannerheim, 1843[2]

Sphenophorus immunis is a species of beetle in the family Curculionidae. Because the type specimen could not be located, the name once was considered a junior synonym of Sphenophorus venatus of authors[2][3] [being itself a misinterpreted name[1]].

References

  1. 1 2 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.
  2. 1 2 Horn (1873). "Contributions to a knowledge of the Curculionidae of the United States". Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society. 13: 407–469.
  3. 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.


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