Duckweed Weevil
Tanysphyrus lemnae Fabricus, 1792
Duckweed Weevil: https://marylandbiodiversity.org/species/18870
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Tanysphyrus lemnae
Tanysphyrus lemnae 1,8 mm (1,4-1,8 mm)
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Family: Brachyceridae
Genus: Tanysphyrus
Species:
T. lemnae
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Tanysphyrus lemnae
(Paykull, 1792) .[1]
Tanysphyrus lemnae, Oklahoma

Tanysphyrus lemnae is a species of weevil native to Europe as well as North America; the larvae are leaf-miners in duckweed, genus Lemna.[2][3][4][5]

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  1. ^ Paykull, G. 1792. Monographia Curculionum Sueciae. Upsaliae: Johann. Edman, 151 pp.
  2. ^ Fauna Europaea
  3. ^ Morris, M.G. (2012) True Weevils. (Coleoptera: Curculioninae, Baridinae, Oroitidinae). Part III. Royal Entomological Society of London Handbook 5 (17d).
  4. ^ Hoffmann, A. (1950, 1954, 1958) Coléoptères curculionides. Parties I, II, III. Paris: Éditions Faune de France. Bibliothèque virtuelle numérique pdfs Archived 2017-12-22 at the Wayback Machine
  5. ^ Hatch, M. H. (1971) The beetles of the Pacific Northwest : Part 5: Rhipiceroidea, Sternoxi, Phytophaga, Rhynchophora, and Lamellicornia. Seattle, Washington: University of Washington Press; 650 pp.