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Species Orchestes steppensis - European Elm Flea Weevil

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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 Curculionidae (Snout and Bark Beetles)
Subfamily Curculioninae
Tribe Rhamphini (Flea Weevils)
Subtribe Rhamphina
Genus Orchestes
Species steppensis (European Elm Flea Weevil)

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

previously misidentified in the New World as Orchestes alni (Linnaeus); all nearctic records of O. alni refer to O. steppensis Korotyaev; the range of O. alni is restricted to Europe(1)

Explanation of Names

Orchestes steppensis Korotyaev 2016

Size

2.6-3.1 mm, usually 2.8-2.9 mm(1)

Range

adventive in NA (ON-ND-BC south to VA-MO-UT-OR) - Map (1)(2)(3), most records from New England to Colorado, native to E. Palaearctic

Food

hosts: elms (Ulmus)(2)

Print References

Anderson R.S., O'Brien C.W., Salsbury G.A., Krauth S.J. (2007) Orchestes alni (L.) newly discovered in North America (Coleoptera: Curculionidae). Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society 80: 78-79.

Works Cited

1.New data on the changes in the abundance and distribution of several species of beetles (Coleoptera) in European Russia...
Korotyaev B.A. 2016. Ent. Review 96: 620–630.
2.First record of Orchestes fagi (L.) in North America, with a checklist of the North Amercian Rhamphini
Sweeney, J., R.S. Anderson, and R.P. Webster. 2012. The Coleopterists Bulletin, 66: 297-304.
3.Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
Contributed by Phillip Harpootlian on 29 October, 2008 - 8:04am
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, Bbarnd, Mike Quinn, v belov
Last updated 21 March, 2024 - 4:48pm

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