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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) » Eudiagogini » Colecerus » Colecerus marmoratus

Species Colecerus marmoratus

Classification · Other Common Names · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Size · Identification · Range · Season · Food · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited

Colecerus marmoratus (Horn) - Colecerus marmoratus

beetle, looks similar to Cylindrocopturus ?? - Colecerus marmoratus

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 Eudiagogini

Genus Colecerus

Species marmoratus (Colecerus marmoratus)

Other Common Names

Texas Marbled Weevil

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Colecerus marmoratus (Horn)

Orig. Comb: Coleocerus marmoratus Horn 1876

Explanation of Names

marmoratus (L). 'marbled' (1)

Numbers

2 spp. n. of Mex. (2)

Size

4 mm (3)

Identification

Form of dispar. Thorax broader than long, sides moderately arcuate (=curved), widest at middle.(3)

pattern variable

Range

e. NM to n. TX to Mex. - Map (4)(2)(5), plus historical records from AZ and a pair of records from nw. LA

Season

Mar-Nov (in TX) (BG data)

Food

Adults feed on foliage of various Fabaceae, esp. Prosopis (Mesquite) (2)

Print References

Horn, G.H. 1876. Family V. Otiorhynchidae. Pp: 13-112. In: Leconte, J.L. and G.H. Horn. 1876. The Rhynchophora of America, North of Mexico. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society, 15(96): xvi + 455 pp. (3)

Internet References

Type - MCZ, Harvard

Works Cited

1.	Dictionary of Word Roots and Combining Forms Donald J. Borror. 1960. Mayfield Publishing Company.

2.	American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea Arnett, R.H., Jr., M. C. Thomas, P. E. Skelley and J. H. Frank. (eds.). 2002. CRC Press LLC, Boca Raton, FL.

3.	The Rhynchophora of America, north of Mexico. LeConte and Horn. 1876. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society, 15(96): i-xvi + 1-455.

4.	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.

5.	Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)

Contributed by Mike Quinn on 10 March, 2009 - 11:40am
Additional contributions by margarethe brummermann
Last updated 14 November, 2023 - 5:10pm

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