Species Ophryastes sulcirostris
This beetle was being attacked by a red ant as it was crossing a sandy two-track road in NW Colorado.
Phylum Arthropoda - Arthropods
Class Insecta - Insects
Order Coleoptera - Beetles
Suborder Polyphaga - Water, Rove, Scarab, Longhorn, Leaf and Snout Beetles
Superfamily Curculionoidea - Snout and Bark Beetles
Family Curculionidae - Snout and Bark Beetles
Subfamily Entiminae - Broad-nosed Weevils
Tribe Ophryastini
Genus Ophryastes
Species sulcirostris - Ophryastes sulcirostris