Species Gerstaeckeria knullorum

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Size · Range · Remarks · See Also · Print References

Gerstaeckeria knullorum (Sleeper) - Gerstaeckeria knullorum

Gerstaekeria knullorum - Gerstaeckeria knullorum

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 Cryptorhynchinae (Hidden Snout Weevils)

Tribe Cryptorhynchini

Subtribe Tylodina

Genus Gerstaeckeria (Cactus Weevils)

Species knullorum (Gerstaeckeria knullorum)

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Gerstaeckeria knullorum (Sleeper)

Orig. Comb: Gerstacekeria knullorum Sleeper 1954

Explanation of Names

Patronym for Professor and Mrs. J. N. Knull whose annual collecting trips to the Southwestern United States have added much to our knowledge of the insect fauna of that region. (Sleeper 1954)

Size

Length 6.2 mm

width 3.2 mm (Sleeper 1954)

Range

AZ, TX - Map (Sleeper 1954),(GBIF)

Remarks

Type Locality: Holotype, female, Huachuca Mts., Ariz. VIII-12-50, DJ & JNK. in (OSU).

DJ & JNK found this insect in large numbers on the light colored walls of a cabin in Miller Canyon, Huachuca Mtns., Ariz.

See Also

Superficially resembes G. basalts (LeConte) but keys out to G. alternatus Pierce in his key to the species (1912, p. 160, 162). However, knullorum is much smaller and in no way resembles the latter. G. knullorum can be separated easily from basalts as the latter has the third tarsal segment much larger than second. G. knullorum is a link between the subgenera Gerstaeckeria Champion and Philopunta Pierce, having characters which link it to both groups. (Sleeper 1954)

Print References

Pierce, W.D. 1912. Systematic notes and descriptions of some weevils of economic or biological importance. Proc. USNM, 42: 155-170.

Sleeper, E.L. 1954. New Rhynchophora. II. (Coleoptera, Anthribidae and Curculionidae). The Ohio Journal of Science, 54(3): 180-186. Full PDF

Contributed by Mike Quinn on 17 November, 2012 - 4:40pm
Last updated 3 December, 2022 - 1:27am

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