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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) » Polydrusini » Polydrusus » Polydrusus cervinus

Species Polydrusus cervinus

Classification · Explanation of Names · Size · Identification · Range · Season · Food · Works Cited
Otiorhynchus singularis - Polydrusus cervinus green weevil - Polydrusus cervinus Grey weevil - Polydrusus cervinus Weevil Beetle - Polydrusus cervinus Weevil Beetle - Polydrusus cervinus Polydrusus cervinus broad-nosed weevil - Polydrusus cervinus Unknown weevil Surry, Maine, USA - Polydrusus cervinus
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 Polydrusini
Genus Polydrusus
Species cervinus (Polydrusus cervinus)
Explanation of Names
Polydrusus (Neoeustolus) cervinus (Linnaeus 1758)
Size
4.5-6 mm
Identification
Colour of body scales coppery to green (often faded to grey, when old). Unlike the other two introduced species, P.cervinus has numerous bare black patches on the elytra, and its legs are dark.
Range
ne US / CAN (NJ-QC); introduced from Europe (1)(BG data)
Season
mostly: Jun-Jul (BG data)
Food
Leaves of broadleaved trees (oak, hazel, etc.)
Works Cited
1.Annotated checklist of the weevils (Curculionidae sensu lato) of North America, Central America, and the West Indies...
O'Brien C.W., Wibmer G.J. 1982. Mem. Am. Ent. Inst. 34: x+382 pp.
Contributed by Boris Büche on 10 March, 2008 - 11:22am
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn, v belov
Last updated 9 February, 2017 - 10:39am

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