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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Curculionoidea » Snout and Bark Beetles (Curculionidae) » Curculioninae » Leguminous Seed Weevils (Tychiini) » Tychiina » Tychius » Clover Seed Weevil (Tychius picirostris)

Species Tychius picirostris - Clover Seed Weevil

Classification · Explanation of Names · Size · Identification · Range · Food · Remarks · Works Cited
Weevil 6 - Tychius picirostris Clover Seed Weevil - Tychius picirostris Weevil - Tychius picirostris Weevil - Tychius picirostris Tychius picirostris Tychius stephensi - Tychius picirostris Tychius stephensi - Tychius picirostris Curculionidae - Tychius picirostris? - leguminous seed weevil - Tychius picirostris
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 Tychiini (Leguminous Seed Weevils)
Subtribe Tychiina
Genus Tychius
Species picirostris (Clover Seed Weevil)
Explanation of Names
Tychius picirostris (Fabricius 1787)
Size
2‒2.3 mm(1)
Identification
antennal funicle 6-segmented
Range
native to Europe, adventive and widespread in NA(2)(3)
Food
on clover, Trifolium spp. (Fabaceae)(3)
Remarks
introduced to NA ca.1908
Works Cited
1.Lompe A. (2002‒) Die Käfer Europas: Ein Bestimmungswerk im Internet
2.The weevils (Coleoptera: Curculionoidea) of the Maritime Provinces of Canada, II: New records from Nova Scotia...
Majka C.G., Anderson R.S., McCorquodale D.B. 2007. Can. Entomol. 139: 397–442.
3.Tychius meliloti Stephens new to Canada with a brief review of the species of Tychius Germar introduced into North America...
Anderson R.S., Howden A.T. 1994. Can. Entomol. 126: 1363‒1368.
Contributed by tom murray on 30 August, 2007 - 1:44pm
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, Mike Quinn, v belov
Last updated 23 January, 2025 - 8:11pm

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