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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) » Oriental Broad-nosed Weevils (Cyphicerini) » Cyphicerina » Myosides » Myosides seriehispidus

Species Myosides seriehispidus

Classification · Explanation of Names · Size · Identification · Range · Habitat · Remarks · Works Cited
Tiny Weevil - Myosides seriehispidus Bristled weevil - Myosides seriehispidus Weevil - Myosides seriehispidus Broad-nosed Weevil - Myosides seriehispidus curculionid - Myosides seriehispidus oriental broad-nosed weevil - Myosides seriehispidus oriental broad-nosed weevil - Myosides seriehispidus beetle - Myosides seriehispidus
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 Cyphicerini (Oriental Broad-nosed Weevils)
Subtribe Cyphicerina
Genus Myosides
Species seriehispidus (Myosides seriehispidus)
Explanation of Names
Myosides seriehispidus Roelofs 1873
Size
3.5‒4.0 mm(1)
Identification
see (1)(2)
Range
native to Asia, adventive in NA and occurs in the northeast (QC‒NC to ON‒OH)(1)(3)(2)
Habitat
found in leaf litter and on Rumex(1)
Remarks
nocturnal; males occur in Japanese populations but in NA only females have been found(1)(2)
earliest record in our area: CT 1973(2)
Works Cited
1.Insects and Arachnids of Canada Series, Part 25. Coleoptera, Curculionidae, Entiminae.
Donald E. Bright, Patrice Bouchard. 2008. 2008. NRC Research Press, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
2.Myosides seriehispidus Roelofs, an Asian weevil new to the United States (Coleoptera, Curculionidae)
C.W. O'Brien. 2000. Insecta Mundi 14(4): 229-231.
3.New Curculionoidea (Coleoptera) records for Quebec, Canada
de Tonnancour P., Anderson R.S., Bouchard P., Chantal C., Dumont S., Vigneault R. 2017. Zookeys 681: 95‒117.
Contributed by Jim McClarin on 28 October, 2008 - 5:46am
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, Bbarnd, Ron M., v belov, onegunah
Last updated 26 August, 2023 - 5:13pm

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