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Species Rhopalapion longirostre - Hollyhock Weevil

Hollyhock Weevils mating - Rhopalapion longirostre - male - female Weevils mating - Rhopalapion longirostre - male - female Female Hollyhock Weevil - Rhopalapion longirostre - female Seed Weevil of sorts? - Rhopalapion longirostre Hollyhock weevil - Rhopalapion longirostre Small weevil - Rhopalapion longirostre Weevil on Hollyhocks - Rhopalapion longirostre Hollyhock Weevil - Rhopalapion longirostre - male
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 Rhopalapion
Species longirostre (Hollyhock Weevil)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Rhopalapion longirostre (Olivier)
Orig. Comb: Apion longirostre Olivier, 1807
Numbers
monotypic genus (1)
Size
up to ~4 mm
Identification
Small, grey with orange legs. Male's snout is much shorter than female's.
Range
widely dist., though absent from se US to TX (BG data) CA-NM-MD-NH-WA / ON - Map (2), mostly across northern half of the US
Native to temperate Asia (3) and now expanding its range in Eurasia; introduced to N. Amer. (first detected: GA 1914) via Europe; widespread in our area (4)
Food
Common Hollyhock - Alcea rosea (Malvaceae) (4), native to China
Print References
Tattershall, J.T., and R.H. Davidson. 1954. Life history and control of Apion longirostre Olivier. Journal of Economic Entomology, 47(1): 181-182.
Internet References
Photo series - OK Panhandle St. Univ.
Fact sheet - L. Kulzer, 1998
Works Cited
1.Dmitriev D.A. (2003-) 3I interactive keys and taxonomic databases
2.Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
3.Alien terrestrial arthropods of Europe
Roques A., Kenis M., Lees D., Lopez-Vaamonde C., Rabitsch W., Rasplus J.-Y., Roy D., eds. 2010. BioRisk 4 Special Issue; 2 vols., 1028 pp.
4.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.