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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Curculionoidea » Primitive Weevils (Brentidae) » Pear-shaped Weevils (Apioninae) » Coelocephalapion » Coelocephalapion buchanani

Species Coelocephalapion buchanani

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Size · Identification · Range · Season · Food · Remarks · See Also · Print References · Works Cited

Coelocephalapion buchanani (Kissinger) - Coelocephalapion buchanani

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 Brentidae (Primitive Weevils)

Subfamily Apioninae (Pear-shaped Weevils)

Genus Coelocephalapion

Species buchanani (Coelocephalapion buchanani)

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Coelocephalapion buchanani (Kissinger)

Orig. Comb: Apion buchanani Kissinger 1958

Size

1.8-2.4 mm(1)

Identification

can be distinguished from other species of the Apion-like genera recorded from the Lower Rio Grande Valley by its comparatively large size, reddish-orange legs and antennae, and the clumped white hairs located directly posterior to the scutellum on the first elytral interval. (2)

Range

southernmost TX (Brownsville area) to ne. Mexico (San Luis Potosí, Tamaulipas, Veracruz). (2)

Season

collecting events by month:

Jan(1) Mar(2) Apr(4) Jun(2) Jul(2) Aug(1) Nov(3) Dec(4). (2)

Food

true host is probably Croton(1)

Remarks

Texas considers this sp. a SGCN (3)

See Also

most likely to be confused with C. fumitarse (common in the region) but can be easily distinguished by the reddish-orange antennae. (2)

Det. E.G. Riley, 2009

Print References

Kissinger D.G. (1957) Studies on the North American Apion: the Apion nodicorne group (Curculionidae). Col. Bull. 11: 71-78. (JSTOR)

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

Works Cited

1.	Curculionidae subfamily Apioninae of North and Central America, with reviews of the world genera of Apioninae... Kissinger D.G. 1968. Taxonomic Publications. South Lancaster, MA. vii+559 pp.

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 12 November, 2009 - 9:24pm
Additional contributions by v belov
Last updated 19 December, 2019 - 11:32am

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