Species Chalcodermus serripes - Mimosa Green-seed Weevil

Classification · Explanation of Names · Range · Food · Life Cycle · Remarks · Print References · Works Cited

Chalcodermus serripes Fahraeus - Chalcodermus serripes

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 Molytinae

Tribe Sternechini

Genus Chalcodermus

Species serripes (Mimosa Green-seed Weevil)

Explanation of Names

Chalcodermus serripes Fåhraeus 1837

serripes = 'saw-footed'

Range

southmost TX (Brownsville) to Brazil - Map (Schaeffer 1904)(1), released in Australia (Heard et al. 1999)

Food

Puerto Rico sensitive-briar (Mimosa asperata, Fabaceae) - note, despite the species' common name, this plant is native to the Rio Grande Valley.

Life Cycle

was studied to assess potential for control of Mimosa pigra in Australia and SE Asia (Heard et al. 1999)

Remarks

last collected in the Lower Rio Grande Valley in 1944.

A fair number of specimens from the Brownsville area were collected around the turn of the century indicating that this species once common in that area. (2)

Texas considers this a SGCN (3)

Print References

Heard TA, Burcher JA, Forno IW (1999) Chalcodermus serripes (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) for biological control of Mimosa pigra: Host relations and life cycle. Biol Control 15: 1–9. (Abstract)

Riley E.G., King J.E. (2009) Element record datasheets submitted to Texas Parks & Wildlife Department, Wildlife Division, Austin. (2)

Schaeffer C. (1904) New genera and species of Coleoptera. Journal of the New York Entomological Society 12: 197-236. (Full text)

Works Cited

1.	Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)

2.	Element record datasheets, submitted to Texas Parks & Wildlife Department, Wildlife Division, Austin. Riley E.G., King J.E. 2009.

3.	Texas "Species of Greatest Conservation Need" (SGCN) - TPWD

Contributed by Mike Quinn on 8 October, 2009 - 11:55am
Additional contributions by v belov
Last updated 19 December, 2019 - 1:19pm

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