Anthonomus

Anthonomus
Anthonomus grandis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Family:	Curculionidae
Subfamily:	Curculioninae
Tribe:	Anthonomini
Genus:	Anthonomus Germar, 1817
Synonyms
Furcipus

Anthonomus is a genus of weevils. This genus includes major agricultural pests such as the boll weevil, strawberry blossom weevil, and pepper weevil, as well as promising biological pest control agents such as Anthonomus santacruzi.

A. rubi from Germany

Taxonomy

The taxonomy of the genus is still under revision. It is unclear whether Cnemocyllus should be a genus or a subgenus within Anthonomus.^[1] Research suggests that the genus Hampea in the mallow family was the original host plant for the A. grandis species group.^[2]

Species include:

• Anthonomus consors – cherry curculio
• Anthonomus corvulus LeConte, 1876
• Anthonomus elutus
• Anthonomus elongatus
• Anthonomus eugenii – pepper weevil
• Anthonomus grandis – boll weevil
• Anthonomus haematopus Boheman, 1843
• Anthonomus lecontei Burke, 1975
• Anthonomus molochinus Dietz, 1891
• Anthonomus monostigma Champion
• Anthonomus morticinus Clark
• Anthonomus musculus Say, 1831
• Anthonomus nigrinus – potato bud weevil
• Anthonomus phyllocola
• Anthonomus pictus Blatchley, 1922
• Anthonomus pomorum – apple blossom weevil
• Anthonomus quadrigibbus – apple curculio
• Anthonomus rectirostris
• Anthonomus rubi – strawberry blossom weevil
• Anthonomus santacruzi Hustache
• Anthonomus signatus Say – strawberry bud weevil
• Anthonomus subfasciatus
• Anthonomus tenebrosus

References

1. Clark, W. E. and H. R. Burke (2005). "Revision of the subgenus Cnemocyllus Dietz of the weevil genus Anthonomus Germar (Coleoptera: Curculionidae, Anthonomini)". Insecta Mundi.
2. Robert W. Jones. "Evolution of the Host Plant Associations of the Anthonomus grandis Species Group (Coleoptera: Curculionidae): Phylogenetic Tests of Various Hypotheses". Annals of the Entomological Society of America January 2001 pgs 51-58.

• Majka, C. G., et al. (2007).

External links

• The weevils (Coleoptera: Curculionoidea) of the Maritime Provinces of Canada, II: New records from Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island and regional zoogeography. Can. Entomol 139, 397-442.