tan weevil - Cimberis pilosa

Moved

… Jim McClarin, 19 July, 2007 - 6:15am

Moved

Moved from Neocimberis. There are two spp. on UNH checklist for New Hampshire, both with genus name Neocimberis. Elsewhere (MCZ, Cedar Creek) the Neo- prefix has either been dropped or never added.

Of the two spp., both depicted on the Harvard site, this most resembles elongatus, which is also depicted on the Cedar Creek site.

… Jim McClarin, 17 July, 2007 - 4:44am

my opinion is different

"this most resembles elongatus" - why?
The example of elongatus on the Harvard site is completely black, while the one of pilosus has brown elytra.
More important, the snout of elongatus (female!) is relatively short and wide, while that of pilosus (male!) is similar to your live specimen. If sexual dimorphism in the length of the snout is found in Nemonychids (which I ignore), it has to be the other way round . . .

… Boris Büche, 19 July, 2007 - 1:26am

Well,

you are an expert at this. I'll switch it to pilosus. Thanks, Boris.

… Jim McClarin, 19 July, 2007 - 6:13am

Moved

Moved from Pine Flower Snout Beetles.

… Jim McClarin, 17 July, 2007 - 4:30am

Cimberis sp.

. . . maybe identifiable to species, unless a catalogue discloses which species is likely to occurr on the spot (7 listed in Nearctica only).
I´m fairly sure about the genus, because it is not Lecont*ellus, Acro*macer is a western species, and species of the remaining two genera have described too late for being candidates of the NE fauna.
Additionally, your weevil agrees with pictures in MCZ type database, and conifers are known hosts of the genus.

… Boris Büche, 17 July, 2007 - 4:29am

Moved

Moved from Snout and Bark Beetles.

… Jim McClarin, 16 July, 2007 - 9:45pm

Nemonychidae?

I thought the "forehead" and the unusual antennae didn't look right for a Curculionid, so I did a bit of research and found this. What do you think?

… Stephen Luk, 15 July, 2007 - 6:28pm

By Jove, Stephen,

I think you've nailed it. I knew there was something different-looking about it but hadn't stopped to figure out what. Many thanks! That gives me another new family collected, six in all (so far) as a collateral benefit from my search for Py*tho stri*ctus.

… Jim McClarin, 16 July, 2007 - 9:52pm

Glad to help

I have a question though ... can you view your own image above? I can see it in the thumbnail series but it's currently displayed as a blank box on this page. I thought it was just me, so I logged out and checked again, and still, blank box. Maybe an error occured when it was moved?

… Stephen Luk, 16 July, 2007 - 10:50pm

It looks fine to me.

See what it looks like to you now. I think there may be a lag time in image relocation. If it's still blank on your end, I'll ask John VanDyk to have a look.

… Jim McClarin, 17 July, 2007 - 4:24am

I see the thumbnail

but still no image when I click on it. Cool find, by the way.

… Stephen Luk, 17 July, 2007 - 2:06pm

I've just reloaded the image.

Does it appear for you now?

… Jim McClarin, 17 July, 2007 - 5:13pm

Crystal-clearly

Yep, it's there now. Thanks! Good that this has been fixed ... others may have had the same problem.

… Stephen Luk, 17 July, 2007 - 7:08pm