Sphenophorus venatus (Say & T., 1832) is a animal in the Dryophthoridae family, order Coleoptera, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.
Sphenophorus venatus (Say & T., 1832)
Sphenophorus venatus, the hunting billbug, is a Dryophthoridae beetle native to the Americas, now spread to the Balkans and Eastern Mediterranean.
Sphenophorus venatus, commonly known as the hunting billbug, is a species of beetle that belongs to the family Dryophthoridae. Its original native range covers Central America and North America, and it has since been introduced and spread to the Balkans and Eastern Mediterranean. This species was first formally described by Say & T. in 1831.
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Sphenophorus brunnipennis (E.F.Germar, 1823)
Sphenophorus cicatristriatus Fåhraeus, 1838
Diocalandra frumenti (J.C.Fabricius, 1802)
Rhynchophorus vulneratus (G.W.F.Panzer, 1798)
Sphenophorus coesifrons Gyllenhal, 1838
Sitophilus oryzae A.Hustache, 1930
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