Sphenophorus venatus

Sphenophorus venatus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Infraorder:	Cucujiformia
Family:	Curculionidae
Genus:	Sphenophorus
Species:	S. venatus
Binomial name
Sphenophorus venatus (Say, 1831)
Synonyms
Rhynchophorus immunis Say, 1831 Rhynchophorus placidus Say, 1831 Sphenophorus confluens Chittenden, 1904 Sphenophorus confusus Gyllenhal, 1838 Sphenophorus fallax Boheman, 1845 Sphenophorus glyceriae Chittenden, 1919 Sphenophorus reticulaticollis Boheman, 1845 Sphenophorus vestitus Chittenden, 1904

Sphenophorus venatus, the hunting billbug, is a species of beetle in the family Dryophthoridae. It is found in Central America and North America.

Subspecies

These four subspecies belong to the species Sphenophorus venatus:

• Sphenophorus venatus confluens
• Sphenophorus venatus glyceriae
• Sphenophorus venatus venatus (Say, 1831)
• Sphenophorus venatus vestitus Chittenden, 1904 (hunting billbug)

Further reading

• Lobl, I.; Smetana, A., eds. (2013). Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 7: Curculionoidea I. Apollo Books. ISBN 978-90-04-26093-1.
• Lobl, I.; Smetana, A., eds. (2013). Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 8: Curculionoidea II. Apollo Books. ISBN 978-90-04-25916-4.