Myrmex (beetle)

Myrmex is a genus of snout and bark beetles in the family Curculionidae. There are at least 30 described species in Myrmex.[1][2][3][4]

Myrmex
Myrmex lineatus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Family:	Curculionidae
Genus:	Myrmex Sturm, 1826

Species

• Myrmex algerti Sleeper, 1953
• Myrmex arizonicus (Schaeffer, 1907)
• Myrmex basalis (Schaeffer, 1907)
• Myrmex berboscii Guérin-Méneville, 1844
• Myrmex cabimana Sleeper, 1954
• Myrmex carinicollis (Horn, 1895)
• Myrmex championi Sleeper, 1954
• Myrmex chevrolatii (Horn, 1873)
• Myrmex chiricahuae Sleeper, 1954
• Myrmex chisosensis Sleeper, 1954
• Myrmex dichrous (LeConte, 1876)
• Myrmex egregius (Casey, 1892)
• Myrmex estriatus (Casey, 1892)
• Myrmex floridanus (Casey, 1892)
• Myrmex gillespiensis Sleeper, 1953
• Myrmex herbstii Sturm, 1826
• Myrmex horni Sleeper, 1954
• Myrmex insignis (Casey, 1892)
• Myrmex knowltoni Sleeper, 1953
• Myrmex knulli Sleeper, 1954
• Myrmex laevicollis (Horn, 1873)
• Myrmex lineatus (Pascoe, 1872)
• Myrmex marshalli Sleeper, 1953
• Myrmex myrmex (Herbst, 1797)
• Myrmex rhois (Fall, 1907)
• Myrmex ruficornis (Casey, 1892)
• Myrmex salvadorensis Kuschel, 1956
• Myrmex schaefferi Sleeper, 1954
• Myrmex scrobicollis (Boheman, 1843)
• Myrmex semirufa Sleeper, 1953
• Myrmex semirufus (Green, 1920)
• Myrmex setosis Sleeper, 1970
• Myrmex speculator (Casey, 1892)
• Myrmex subglaber (Schaeffer, 1907)
• Myrmex texanus (Schaeffer, 1907)
• Myrmex ulkei (Horn, 1873)
• Myrmex uniformis (Champion, 1903)
• Myrmex vandykei Sleeper, 1970
• Myrmex ventralis Van Dyke, 1930

References

1. "Myrmex Genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-02-28.
2. "Myrmex Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-02-28.
3. "Myrmex Overview". Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved 2018-02-28.
4. "Browse Myrmex". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-02-28.

Further reading

• Alonso-Zarazaga, Miguel A.; Lyal, Christopher H.C. (1999). A World Catalogue of Families and Genera of Curculionoidea (Insecta: Coleoptera) (Excepting Scotylidae and Platypodidae). Entomopraxis. ISBN 84-605-9994-9.
• Arnett, Ross H. Jr. (2000). American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico. 2nd Edition. CRC Press. ISBN 0-8493-0212-9.
• Capinera, John L., ed. (2008). Encyclopedia of Entomology. Springer. ISBN 978-1402062421.
• LeConte, J.L. (1861). Classification of the Coleoptera of North America. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections. 3. Smithsonian Institution. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.38459. ISBN 0665100558.
• O'Brien, Charles W.; Wibmer, Guillermo J. (1982). "Annotated checklist of the weevils (Curculionidae sensu lato) of North America, Central America, and the West Indies (Coleoptera: Curculionoidea)". Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute. no. 34.
• White, Richard E. (1998) [1983]. A Field Guide to the Beetles of North America (Peterson Field Guides). Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. ISBN 0395910897.