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Species Curculio rubidus

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 Curculioninae

Tribe Curculionini

Genus Curculio (Nut and Acorn Weevils)

Species rubidus (Curculio rubidus)

Explanation of Names

Curculio rubidus Gyllenhal 1836

Size

2.8–3.8 mm(1), smaller than any nearctic congeners(2)

Identification

small size; absence of femoral teeth; and the host association easily separate it from nearctic spp.(2)

Range

native to Europe, adventive in NA (QC-MI)(2)(3)

Food

host: Betula (Betulaceae) (birch); no native Curculio species is associated with birch(2)

Remarks

earliest record in our area: MI 2010(2)

Works Cited

1.	Lompe A. (2002-) Die Käfer Europas: Ein Bestimmungswerk im Internet

2.	Curculio rubidus Gyllenhal, 1836 (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Curculioninae), a European weevil new to North America Anderson R.S., Keller O., Prena J. 2013. Col. Bull. 67: 368-369.

3.	New Curculionoidea (Coleoptera) records for Quebec, Canada de Tonnancour P., Anderson R.S., Bouchard P., Chantal C., Dumont S., Vigneault R. 2017. Zookeys 681: 95‒117.

Contributed by v belov on 24 August, 2015 - 8:46am
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn
Last updated 22 June, 2017 - 2:33pm

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