Sphenophorus melanocephalus is a species of beetle in the family Curculionidae found in North America. Because type specimens were unavailable, the name once was misused for a different species, Sphenophorus nubilus.[2]
| Sphenophorus melanocephalus | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Infraorder: | Cucujiformia |
| Family: | Curculionidae |
| Genus: | Sphenophorus |
| Species: | S. melanocephalus
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| Binomial name | |
| Sphenophorus melanocephalus (Fabricius, 1801)
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References edit
- ^ Prena (2021). "On the identity of Sphenophorus melanocephalus (Fabricius) (Coleoptera, Curculionidae, Dryophthorinae)". Coleopterists Bulletin. 74: 86–87. doi:10.1649/0010-065x-75.1.86.
- ^ Horn (1873). "Contributions to a knowledge of the Curculionidae of the United States". Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society. 13: 407–469.