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Species Tychius stephensi - Red Clover Seed Weevil

Weevil from Virginia 10.05.29 (1) - Tychius stephensi Hypera? - Tychius stephensi clover weevils? - Tychius stephensi - male - female Tychius - Tychius stephensi Weevil - Tychius stephensi Red Clover Seed Weevil - Tychius stephensi Weevil - Tychius stephensi Weevil - Tychius stephensi
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 Curculioninae
Tribe Tychiini (Leguminous Seed Weevils)
Subtribe Tychiina
Genus Tychius
Species stephensi (Red Clover Seed Weevil)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Tychius stephensi Schönherr, 1836
Syn: stepheni - per Dr Anderson's explanation, the correct spelling is stephensi (contrary to sources like nearctica.com and itis.gov)
Range
native to Europe, adventive and widespread in NA (introduced ca. 1913)(1)(2)
Food
on clover - Trifolium spp. (Fabaceae) (2)
Works Cited
1.The weevils (Coleoptera: Curculionoidea) of the Maritime Provinces of Canada, II: New records from Nova Scotia...
C.G. Majka, R.S. Anderson, & D.B. McCorquodale. 2007. The Canadian Entomologist 139: 397–442.
2.Tychius meliloti Stephens new to Canada with a brief review of the species of Tychius Germar introduced into North America...
R.S. Anderson and A.T. Howden. 1994. The Canadian Entomologist 126(6): 1363-1368.
Contributed by Guy A. Hanley on 9 February, 2009 - 8:41am
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, Mike Quinn, kschnei, v belov
Last updated 31 July, 2015 - 11:18am

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