Sphenophorus venatus

Sphenophorus venatus, the hunting billbug, is a species of beetle in the family Dryophthoridae. It is found in Central America and North America, while it has been spread in the Balkans and Eastern Mediterranean.

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.