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Cocklebur Billbug - Rhodobaenus quinquepunctatus
Copyright © 2005 Lynette Schimming

Cocklebur Billbug - Rhodobaenus quinquepunctatus
Fort Bragg, Cumberland County, North Carolina, USA
June 24, 2005
a red beetle with black spots and a long snout
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Contributed by Lynette Schimming on 25 June, 2005 - 3:08pm
Last updated 16 April, 2009 - 2:30pm

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Thank you very much, Nathan. Will you consider filling out your account page so that we know your expertise?
… Lynette Schimming, 14 December, 2007 - 10:51am login or register to post comments

Rhodobaenus
I would suggest this reference for Rhodobaenus:

Vaurie, P. 1981. Revision of Rhodobaenus. Part 2, Species in North America (Canada to Panama) (Coleoptera, Curculionidae, Rhynchophorinae). Bulletin of the AMNH ; v. 171, article 2.

There are three species of Rhodobaenus in the U.S. (and 2 in Canada). The markings and color cannot be used to identify to GENUS, but once you've arrived at Rhodobaenus, the species IN THE U.S. (not South America) can be distinguished by markings.

All the Rhodobaenus on this site with ONLY black spots on red are Rhodobaenus tredecimpunctatus. All the Rhodobaenus on this site with large patches of black and a few spots on red are Rhodobaenus quinquepunctatus, including this one.

Rhodobaenus pulchellus is also recorded from the U.S., but only in the extreme Southwest.
… Nathan Cottrell, 14 December, 2007 - 10:47am login or register to post comments

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