Sphenophorus piceus

Sphenophorus piceus
	Museum specimen of Sphenophorus piceus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Family:	Curculionidae
Genus:	Sphenophorus
Species:	S. piceus
Binomial name
	Sphenophorus piceus; (Pallas 1776)
Synonyms
	Curculio piceus Pallas, 1776; Sphenophorus alaiensis Faust, 1887; Sphenophorus eliconensis Vitale, 1906; Sphenophorus nitens Allard, 1870; Sphenophorus rubidus Rey, 1895; Sphenophorus rufus Salazay-Marso, 1957; Sphenophorus opacus (Gyllenhal) Stierlin, 1882 i; Sphenophorus striatopunctatus (Goeze) Reitter, 1883 i;

Sphenophorus piceus is a species of palm weevil in the family Curculionidae.

Description

Sphenophorus piceus can reach a length of about 15 millimetres (0.59 in).

Distribution and habitat

This species is widespread from the southern part of Central Europe to the Mediterranean and central Asia. These beetles live on marshy meadows, wet pastures, ponds and lakes.

References

This Dryophthorinae-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.