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Species Notaris scirpi

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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 Brachyceridae
Subfamily Erirhininae (Marsh Weevils)
Subtribe Erirhinina
Genus Notaris
Species scirpi (Notaris scirpi)
Explanation of Names
Notaris scirpi (Fabricius 1793)
Size
4.7–7.0 mm(1)
Range
native to, and widespread across the Palaearctic, adventive in NA (QC)(1)
Habitat
wet habitats; adults often in litter(1)
Food
hosts: Scirpus, Carex(1)
Remarks
earliest record in our area: QC 1997(1)
Works Cited
1.DNA barcodes reveal 63 overlooked species of Canadian beetles (Insecta, Coleoptera)
Pentinsaari M, Anderson R, Borowiec L, Bouchard P, Brunke A, Douglas H, Smith A, Hebert P. 2019. ZooKeys 894: 53–150.