Family Anthribidae

The fungus weevils

checked by B.D. Valentine, June 1995; C.W. O'Brien, August 1995

Subfamily Choraginae

Tribe Araecerini

Acaromimus Jordan

• A. americanus (Motschulsky), TX-AL-FL (DAD, IND, MON)
  = Euxebus piceus LeConte of Blatchley, 1920, on Cape Sable

Araecerus Schönherr

• +A. fasiculatus (DeGeer), NY-FL (ALA, BAK, DAD, ESC, HAR, HIG, HIL, JEF, LAK, MAN, ORA, POL, SEM, SLU), cosmopolitan, immigrant; feeding on a variety of seeds, in coffee beans and palm seeds; a minor pest of dry seeds and dry and fresh Citrus fruits (Woodruff 1972)

Tribe Choragini

Choragus Kirby

• C. zimmermanni LeConte, neUS-FL
• C. sp. 1, FL (MON)

Euxenus LeConte

• E. ater Blatchley, FL endemic

Euxenulus Valentine

• E. piceus (LeConte), FL endemic (DAD, VOL)

Subfamily Anthribinae

Tribe Discotenini

Ischnocerus Schönherr
= Meconemus Labram and Imhoff

• I. infuscatus Fahraeus, TX-DC-FL (ALA, BRO, DAD, HAR, IND, JAC, LAF, MAN, MARI, MON, ORA, SEM, SRO), Bahamas, Mexico, Belize, Costa Rica, Panama

Tribe Eupariini

Euparius Schönherr

• E. marmoreus (Olivier), TX-IA-ON-FL (ALA, DAD, HIG, IND, LEE, LEO, LEV, LIB, MAN, MARI, MON, NAS, ORA, PAL, PUT, SAR, SRO, VOL); hammock
• E. paganus Gyllenhal, TX-AR-DC-FL (ALA, COLL, DAD, HAR, HIG, HIL, IND, LAK, LEV, MAN, POL, PUT, SAR, VOL); hammock
• E. lugubris Olivier, DC-IN-TX-FL (ALA, COLU, DIX, LAK, LEV, PUT, SJO)

Tribe Anthribini

Trigonorhinus Wollaston

• T. alteratus (Say), TX-IA-ON-FL
• T. limbatus (Say), IL-PA-FL (OKA, SRO)
• T. rotundatus (LeConte), LA-MA-FL (ALA, BAK, DAD, HIL, LAF, MART, SAR); wet prairie
• T. sticticus (Boheman), IA-ON-FL (DAD); wet prairie
• T. tomentosus (Say), IN-MA-FL (DAD, SAR); hammock and pineland

Tribe Ormiscini

Ormiscus Waterhouse

• O. floridanus (Leng), FL endemic (DAD, LEE)
• O. irroratus (Schaeffer), FL (BRE, DAD)
• O. pusillus (LeConte), TX-NJ-FL (DAD, MON); wet prairie and salt marsh
• O. quadrimaculatus Pierce, DC-FL (DAD, HIG)
• O. rectus (Schaeffer), FL (ALA, Fern Park)
• O. saltator LeConte, IL-ON-FL (LIB)
• O. schwarzi (Pierce), FL endemic (DAD, MON); pineland and hammock
• O. sextuberculatus Schaeffer, FL (DAD)
• O. walshi LeConte, IA-ON-FL (ALA, COLU)
• O. n.sp. 1, FL endemic (DAD); hammock
• O. n.sp. 2, FL endemic (DAD)

Tribe Playtyrhinini

Homocloeus Jordan

• H. distenus Frieser, FL (DAD, MON, first US record), Cuba
• H. sexverrucatus (Suffrian), FL (MON, first US record), Cuba

Tribe Platystomini

Phoenicobiella Cockerell

• P. chamaeropis (LeConte), GA-FL (ALA, COLL, DAD, DUV, HIG, MON, ORA, POL, SAR, SEM, TAY), Bahamas; associated with Sabal palmetto

Toxonotus Lacordaire
= Pseudanthribus Pierce

• T. cornutus (Say), TX-MO-ON-FL (ALA, BRA, DAD, HAR, HIG, IND, JAC, JEF, LAK, MON, OKA, WAK); hammock, salt marsh, prairie
• T. lividus LeConte, NC-FL (GLA)
• T. fasicularis (Schönherr), FL (BRO, DAD, OSC), Cuba, Bahamas

Tribe Piesocorynini

Brevibarra Jordan

• B. rectus (LeConte), OH-NJ-FL (DAD, JAC, MON, SEM); hammock

Piesocorynus Dejean

• P. mixtus LeConte, IN-NJ-FL (ALA, DIX)
• P. moestus LeConte, NJ-FL (WAL)
• P. lateralis Jordan, FL (LEV)

n. gen., n. sp., FL (s)

Tribe Tropiderini

Tropideres Schönherr

• T. fasciatus Olivier, TX-BC-MA-FL (ALA, ORA)
• T. tricarinatus (Pierce), OH, NJ, FL (HAR, MARI, SEM)

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