Myrmex myrmex

Myrmex myrmex is a species of antlike weevil in the beetle family Curculionidae. It is found in North America.[1][2][3] It develops in dead and dying American sycamore wood. [4]

Myrmex myrmex
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Family: Curculionidae
Genus: Myrmex
Species:
M. myrmex
Binomial name
Myrmex myrmex
(Herbst, 1797)
Synonyms[1]
  • Erodiscus myrmecodes Say, 1831
  • Myrmex herbstii Sturm, 1826
  • Otiocephalus americanus Chevrolat, 1832

References
  1. "Myrmex myrmex Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-25.
  2. "Myrmex myrmex". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-25.
  3. Skvarla, Michael; Fisher, Danielle; Schnepp, Kyle; Dowling, Ashley (2015-12-10). "Terrestrial arthropods of Steel Creek, Buffalo National River, Arkansas. I. Select beetles (Coleoptera: Buprestidae, Carabidae, Cerambycidae, Curculionoidea excluding Scolytinae)". Biodiversity Data Journal. Pensoft Publishers. 3: e6832. doi:10.3897/bdj.3.e6832. ISSN 1314-2828. PMC 4698462.

Further reading
  • 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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