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Sphenophorus cultrirostris

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Sphenophorus cultrirostris
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Curculionidae
Genus: Sphenophorus
Species:
S. cultrirostris
Binomial name
Sphenophorus cultrirostris
Gyllenhal, 1838
Synonyms
  • Calandra compressirostra Say, 1824[1]
  • Sphenophorus compressirostris (Say, 1824)[1]
  • Sphenophorus obscuripennis Chittenden, 1924[2]

Sphenophorus cultrirostris is species of beetle in the family Curculionidae found in North America. The name was proposed to replace the supposed junior homonym Sphenophorus compressirostris (Germar, 1823), which not only had date priority over Calandra compressirostra Say but also a differently composed specific epithet. The homonymy was maintained nevertheless because the original spelling did not prevail.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b c 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. ^ 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.