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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Curculionoidea » Snout and Bark Beetles (Curculionidae) » Broad-nosed Weevils (Entiminae) » Trachyphloeini » Pseudocneorhinus » Pseudocneorhinus obesus

Species Pseudocneorhinus obesus

Classification · Explanation of Names · Size · Identification · Range · Internet References · Works Cited
Broad nosen weevil from Virginia - Pseudocneorhinus obesus Broad nosen weevil from Virginia - Pseudocneorhinus obesus Broad nosen weevil from Virginia - Pseudocneorhinus obesus A spiney weevil. ID, please. - Pseudocneorhinus obesus Weevil? - Pseudocneorhinus obesus Pseudocneorhinus bifasciatus - Pseudocneorhinus obesus Twobanded Japanese Weevil - Pseudocneorhinus obesus Twobanded Japanese Weevil - Pseudocneorhinus obesus
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 Entiminae (Broad-nosed Weevils)
Tribe Trachyphloeini
Genus Pseudocneorhinus
Species obesus (Pseudocneorhinus obesus)
Explanation of Names
Pseudocneorhinus obesus (Roelofs 1873)
Size
~6 mm
Identification
Similar to P. bifasciatus, but elytra with numerous, longer spiky erect scales (in P. bifasciatus, scales are hair-like, not flattened, inconspicous and distinctly shorter than interval width)
In P. obesus, the elytra are widest behind middle (pear-shaped); in P. bifasciatus, widest at basal third to middle.
Range
Native to E Asia (Korea, ne China, Japan, Russian Far East), adventive in our area (recorded from NY, NJ, PA, KY, GA, VA and DC)(1)
Internet References
Atlas of beetles of Russia to get the difference - but may show a third species (info I. Kizub). See images of reliably identified specimens in (1)
Works Cited
1.On the distribution of a new invasive weevil beetle Pseudocneorhinus obesus (Roelofs, 1873) (Col: Curculionidae: Entiminae)
Kizub, I. V. . 2019. Munis Entomology and Zoology Journal 14(2): 602-609.
Contributed by Boris Büche on 17 July, 2019 - 1:08pm
Additional contributions by v belov
Last updated 2 October, 2019 - 10:58pm

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