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Species Curculio proboscideus

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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 Curculionini
Genus Curculio (Nut and Acorn Weevils)
Species proboscideus (Curculio proboscideus)
Explanation of Names
Curculio proboscideus Fabricius 1775
Identification
The distance between the apex of the rostrum and the antennal insertions is ~ 4 x the distance between the antennal insertions and the base of the rostrum. (sdjbrown comment on iNat)
Range
e NA (TX-FL-QC-MN) - Map (1)(2)
Season
Adults usually after 1.viii in NC
Internet References
Brooks F.E., Cotton R.T. (1929) The chestnut curculios. U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, 24 pp. (Full text)
Works Cited
1.Annotated checklist of the weevils (Curculionidae sensu lato) of North America, Central America, and the West Indies...
O'Brien C.W., Wibmer G.J. 1982. Mem. Am. Ent. Inst. 34: x+382 pp.
2.Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
Contributed by Lynette Elliott on 14 January, 2009 - 10:11am
Additional contributions by Hannah Nendick-Mason, Beatriz Moisset, Mike Quinn, v belov
Last updated 29 October, 2022 - 6:30pm

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