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Pale weevil - Dorytomus hystricula

Pale weevil - Dorytomus hystricula
Presidio Hills, San Francisco County, California, USA
May 27, 2018
Size: ca 3 mm
Beat from willows.

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Moved
Moved from Ellescus.

Det. Samuel Brown from same images posted to iNat, they commented:

"Ellescus lacks the elongate setae on the elytra, according to a recent revision.

http://doi.org/10.4039/tce.2023.2 or
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/369972609_A_review_of_Ellescus_Coleoptera_Curculionidae_in_North_America_new_species_and_synonyms_revealed_through_integrative_taxonomy"

Moved tentatively; will show around

 
Ellescus species ??
It’s Ellescus but these things need revised. No idea on species. A friend of mine just collected a long series of a different species up at James Bay in northern Quebec!!

 
thanks, Bob
yeah i know the genus is very much a mess; happy i got it right, tho

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