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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.