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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Curculionoidea » Snout and Bark Beetles (Curculionidae) » Flower Weevils (Baridinae) » Apostasimerini » Plocamus » Plocamus echidna

Species Plocamus echidna

Classification · Other Common Names · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Size · Identification · Range · Food · Remarks · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited

Curculionidae, hairy one - Plocamus echidna

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Coleoptera (Beetles)

Suborder Polyphaga

No Taxon (Series Cucujiformia)

Superfamily Curculionoidea

Family Curculionidae (Snout and Bark Beetles)

Subfamily Baridinae (Flower Weevils)

Tribe Apostasimerini

Genus Plocamus

Species echidna (Plocamus echidna)

Other Common Names

Porcupine Weevil(1)

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Plocamus echidna (LeConte)

Orig. Comb: Euchaetes echidna LeConte 1876

Explanation of Names

echidna = 'hedgehog'

Size

2.6-3.2 mm(1)

Identification

the other species is smaller (1.8-2.2 mm), with fewer and shorter bristles(1)

Range

QC-FL to ON-NE-MS; C. Amer. - Map (2)(3)(4)(5), uncommon

Food

adults asso. w/ hickory, beech, and maple(6)

Remarks

Type Locality: Illinois

Print References

LeConte, J.L. & G.H. Horn. 1876. The Rhynchophora of America North of Mexico. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society, 15(96): i-xvi + 1-455.

Internet References

Map - MCZ, Harvard

Works Cited

1.	Rhynchophora or weevils of North Eastern America Blatchley and Leng. 1916. Nature Publishing Co., Indianapolis, Indiana. 682 pp.

2.	Annotated checklist of the weevils (Curculionidae sensu lato) of North America, Central America, and the West Indies... O'Brien C.W., Wibmer G.J. 1982. Mem. Am. Ent. Inst. 34: x+382 pp.

3.	A Distributional Checklist of the Beetles (Coleoptera) of Florida

4.	New Curculionoidea (Coleoptera) records for Quebec, Canada de Tonnancour P., Anderson R.S., Bouchard P., Chantal C., Dumont S., Vigneault R. 2017. Zookeys 681: 95‒117.

5.	Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)

6.	American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea Arnett, R.H., Jr., M. C. Thomas, P. E. Skelley and J. H. Frank. (eds.). 2002. CRC Press LLC, Boca Raton, FL.

Contributed by Brad Barnd on 7 February, 2008 - 6:19pm
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn, v belov
Last updated 23 March, 2024 - 7:56pm

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