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Curculio rubidus
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