Biology:Sphenophorus venatus

Short description: Species of beetle

Sphenophorus venatus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Infraorder:	Cucujiformia
Family:	Curculionidae
Genus:	Sphenophorus
Species:	S. venatus
Binomial name
Sphenophorus venatus (Say, 1831)
Synonyms
Sphenophorus vestitus Sphenophorus reticulaticollis Sphenophorus confusus Rhynchophorus immunis Say, 1831 Say, 1831 Gyllenhal, 1838 Chittenden, 1904 Sphenophorus fallax Sphenophorus confluens Boheman, 1845 Boheman, 1845 Rhynchophorus placidus Chittenden, 1904 Chittenden, 1919 Sphenophorus glyceriae

Sphenophorus venatus, the hunting billbug, is a species of beetle in the family Dryophthoridae. It is found in Central America and North America.

Subspecies

These four subspecies belong to the species Sphenophorus venatus:

• Sphenophorus venatus confluens
• Sphenophorus venatus glyceriae
• Sphenophorus venatus venatus (Say, 1831)
• Sphenophorus venatus vestitus Chittenden, 1904 (hunting billbug)

Further reading

• Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 7: Curculionoidea I. Apollo Books. 2013. ISBN 978-90-04-26093-1. 
• Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 8: Curculionoidea II. Apollo Books. 2013. ISBN 978-90-04-25916-4. 

Wikidata ☰ Q21324683 entry