Biology:Cleonis piger

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Cleonis piger
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Family: Curculionidae
Genus: Cleonis
Species:
C. piger
Binomial name
Cleonis piger
(Scopoli, 1763)
Synonyms[1]
  • Goeze, 1777 Fahraeus, 1842
  • Curculio sulcirostris Cleonus indicus
  • Linnaeus, 1767 Curculio transversofasciatus

Cleonis piger, the large thistle weevil, is a species of cylindrical weevil in the family of beetles known as Curculionidae.[1][2][3][4] It is found in North America.[1]

References

Further reading

  • Alonso-Zarazaga, Miguel A.; Lyal, Christopher H.C. (1999). A World Catalogue of Families and Genera of Curculionoidea (Insecta: Coleoptera) (Excepting Scotylidae and Platypodidae). Entomopraxis. ISBN 84-605-9994-9. 
  • American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea. CRC Press. 2002. ISBN 978-0849309540. 
  • LeConte, J.L. (1861). Classification of the Coleoptera of North America. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections. 3. Smithsonian Institution. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.38459. ISBN 0665100558. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/85732. 
  • O'Brien, Charles W.; Wibmer, Guillermo J. (1982). "Annotated checklist of the weevils (Curculionidae sensu lato) of North America, Central America, and the West Indies (Coleoptera: Curculionoidea)". Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute (34). 
  • White, Richard E. (1998) [1983]. A Field Guide to the Beetles of North America (Peterson Field Guides). Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. ISBN 0395910897. 

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