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Rice Water Weevils (Lissorhoptrus)
Genus
Lissorhoptrus
- Rice Water Weevils
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
Brachyceridae
Subfamily
Erirhininae (Marsh Weevils)
Subtribe
Stenopelmina
Genus
Lissorhoptrus
(Rice Water Weevils)
Explanation of Names
Lissorhoptrus
LeConte 1876
Numbers
9 spp. in our area, 20 described spp. total
(
1
)
Size
2.0–4.2 mm
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1
)
Identification
key to spp. in O'Brien and Haseeb (2014)
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1
)
; apical armature of male metatibia is of great diagnostic importance
Range
New World, incl. much of our area; 6 spp. occur in e. US (most of them range rather far west), 2 are restricted to FL, one to AZ
(
1
)
Food
hosts: various aquatic grasses
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1
)
Remarks
adults are strong swimmers
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1
)
Works Cited
1.
Revision of the “Rice Water Weevil” Genus Lissorhoptrus Leconte (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) in North America North of Mexico
Charles W. O'Brien and Muhammad Haseeb. 2014. The Coleopterists Bulletin 68(2): 163-186.
Contributed by
v belov
on 21 March, 2009 - 7:38pm
Additional contributions by
Mike Quinn
Last updated 14 August, 2022 - 11:34am