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viridiaeneus or pallipes (Rhinosimus viridiaeneus or pallipes)
Photo#745706
Copyright © 2013
Gary Griswold
Salpingidae -
Rhinosimus
Gold Bar, Snohomish County, Washington, USA
April 23, 2012
Size: ~ 2.75 mm
Collected airborne, believe to be Rhinosimus viridiaeneus.....
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Contributed by
Gary Griswold
on 17 February, 2013 - 6:11pm
Last updated 28 February, 2015 - 10:22am
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Rhinosimus
.
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v belov
, 28 February, 2015 - 10:22am
nice... i will ask around
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v belov
, 17 February, 2013 - 8:02pm
Darren Pollock's input:
"there are so few species of salpingines in North America, but I'm not convinced I know what the hell is going on! I honestly haven't looked at them seriously. I think there's even still controversy about whether the 'long nozzled' one is
Rhinosimus
or
Salpingus
.....
"The genus
Rhinosimus
was last looked at seriously by K.G. Blair (1932) The North American species of
Rhinosimus
(Col., Pythidae).
Ent. Mon. Mag.
68:
253-255. He recognized three species: [1]
lecontei
Blair (new name) [=
aenirostris
LeC. nec Mannh.] -- Alaska to California; [2]
viridiaeneus
Rand. [=
aenirostris
Mannh.,
nitens
LeC.] -- ME to BC & CA; and [3]
pallipes
Boheman --seems to be western. The key seems to me to be rather weak, at least in the separation of
pallipes
and
viridiaeneus
.
"Did you know that the most detailed study published to date on a species of
Rhinosimus
was by Howden and Howden*? The only reason (so I've heard) that they spent all the time they did observing the behaviors of this species was because Anne thought it was some weird kind of weevil (‼). Even if not true, it makes for an interesting story..."
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*Howden A.T., Howden H.F. (1981) The larva and adult biology of
Rhinosimus viridiaeneus
(Coleoptera: Salpingidae). Can. Ent. 113: 1055-1060.
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v belov
, 28 February, 2013 - 11:40am