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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) » Trachyphloeini » Romualdius » Crusted Root Weevil (Romualdius scaber)
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curculio ? - Romualdius scaber
Copyright © 2009 Kerry S. Matz

curculio ? - Romualdius scaber
Salt Lake City, (N40°46.727'W111°52.629'ele4609'), Salt Lake County, Utah, USA
May 3, 2008
Size: 3.5mm
Suggestions appreciated.
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Contributed by Kerry S. Matz on 8 January, 2009 - 7:47pm
Last updated 31 October, 2018 - 4:34am

Moved
Moved from Trachyphloeus.
… Boris Büche, 31 October, 2018 - 4:34am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Snout and Bark Beetles.
… Kerry S. Matz, 10 January, 2009 - 10:20am login or register to post comments

prima faciae Trachyphloeus
*
… v belov, 8 January, 2009 - 9:00pm login or register to post comments

 
They are usually dirty
like this one...
… margarethe brummermann, 8 January, 2009 - 10:47pm login or register to post comments

 
Even after
a generous water rinse and brushing the coating was still apparent upon drying.
… Kerry S. Matz, 10 January, 2009 - 10:19am login or register to post comments

 
yes, their pottery armor is tough...
but there's an ultrasonic cleaning technique to restore the integument's mint condition (i've seen a pic of a weevil so cleaned somewhere in the guide, can't find it now, but i was impressed)
… v belov, 10 January, 2009 - 10:38am login or register to post comments

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