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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Curculionoidea » Leaf Rolling Weevils (Attelabidae) » Leaf and Bud Weevils (Rhynchitinae) » Rhynchitini » Haplorhynchites » Head-clipping Weevil (Haplorhynchites aeneus)

Species Haplorhynchites aeneus - Head-clipping Weevil

Classification · Other Common Names · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Size · Identification · Range · Life Cycle · Remarks · See Also · Print References · Works Cited
Tooth nosed snout beetle - Haplorhynchites aeneus Head-clipping Weevil - Haplorhynchites aeneus Haplorhynchites aeneus (Boheman) - Haplorhynchites aeneus Weevil - Haplorhynchites aeneus Head-clipping Weevil - Haplorhynchites aeneus Haplorhynchites aeneus - male - female Haplorhynchites aeneus? - Haplorhynchites aeneus Haplorhynchites aeneus
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 Attelabidae (Leaf Rolling Weevils)
Subfamily Rhynchitinae (Leaf and Bud Weevils)
Tribe Rhynchitini
Genus Haplorhynchites
Species aeneus (Head-clipping Weevil)
Other Common Names
Sunflower Headclipping Weevil
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Haplorhynchites aeneus (Boheman)
Orig. Comb: Rhynchites aeneus Boheman 1829
Explanation of Names
aeneus = 'bronze-colored'
Size
3.9-6.6 mm(1)
Identification
Black, with faint bronze luster and often dull reddish-brown elytra (in teneral specimens); body covered with long dark setae; fairly constant morphologically over its range and easily separated by color & luster(1)(2)

Det. C. W. O'Brien, 2010
Range
throughout e. NA north to ON-SK - Map (the only eastern sp. of the genus)(1)(3)(4)
Life Cycle

Det. James C. Trager, 2010
Remarks
the most common and widespread species of the genus(2)
See Also
H. pseudomexicanus (AZ to s. TX) can be distinguished by the bluish luster, smaller interval punctures, and shorter rostrum sex for sex(2)
Print References
Hamilton, R.W. 1973. Observations on the biology of Haplorhynchites aeneus (Boheman) (Coleoptera: Rhynchitidae). The Coleopterists Bulletin, 27(2): 83-85.
Hamilton, R.W. 1974. The genus Haplorhynchites (Coleoptera: Rhynchitidae) in America north of Mexico. Annals of the Entomological Society America 67(5): 787-794. (2)
Works Cited
1.Beetles of Eastern North America
Arthur V. Evans. 2014. Princeton University Press.
2.The genus Haplorhynchites (Coleoptera: Rhynchitidae) in America north of Mexico
Hamilton R.W. 1974. Ann. Ent. Soc. Am. 67(5): 787-794.
3.Checklist of beetles (Coleoptera) of Canada and Alaska. Second edition
Bousquet Y., Bouchard P., Davies A.E., Sikes D.S. 2013. ZooKeys 360: 1–402.
4.Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
Contributed by Tom Bentley on 30 June, 2007 - 9:42am
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn, v belov
Last updated 15 July, 2019 - 8:46am

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