Hunting Billbug
Sphenophorus venatus (Say, 1831)
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Sphenophorus venatus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Family: Curculionidae
Genus: Sphenophorus
Species:
S. venatus
Binomial name
Sphenophorus venatus
(Say, 1831)
Synonyms[1]
  • Rhynchophorus immunis Say, 1831
  • Rhynchophorus placidus Say, 1831
  • Sphenophorus confluens Chittenden, 1904
  • Sphenophorus confusus Gyllenhal, 1838
  • Sphenophorus fallax Boheman, 1845
  • Sphenophorus glyceriae Chittenden, 1919
  • Sphenophorus reticulaticollis Boheman, 1845
  • Sphenophorus vestitus Chittenden, 1904

Sphenophorus venatus, the hunting billbug, is a species of beetle in the family Dryophthoridae. It is found in Central America and North America, while it has been spread in the Balkans and Eastern Mediterranean.[1][2][3][4]

Subspecies

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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)

References

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  1. ^ a b "Sphenophorus venatus Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-25.
  2. ^ "Sphenophorus venatus". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-25.
  3. ^ Gastouniotis, Georgios; Kakiopoulos, Georgios (2025-06-30). "The rapid expansion of Sphenophorus venatus in the Balkans and Eastern Mediterranean, and notes on the west palearctic Sphenophorus (Coleoptera, Curculionidae)". Travaux du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle "Grigore Antipa". 68 (1): 87–96. doi:10.3897/travaux.68.e143160. ISSN 2247-0735.

Further reading

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  • Lobl, I.; Smetana, A., eds. (2013). Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 7: Curculionoidea I. Apollo Books. ISBN 978-90-04-26093-1.
  • Lobl, I.; Smetana, A., eds. (2013). Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 8: Curculionoidea II. Apollo Books. ISBN 978-90-04-25916-4.

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