Curculionidae (Snout beetle) Rhynchophorus sp. ? - Rhodobaenus quinquepunctatus - BugGuide.Net

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Curculionidae (Snout beetle) Rhynchophorus sp. ? - Rhodobaenus quinquepunctatus

Durham, Durham County, North Carolina, USA
July 29, 2005

Is this the correct genus and does anyone know the species?

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Contributed by Roger Rittmaster on 14 August, 2005 - 8:58am
Last updated 14 December, 2007 - 4:40pm

Moved

Moved from Rhodobaenus tredecimpunctatus.

… john and jane balaban, 14 December, 2007 - 4:40pm

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Rhodobaenus tredecimpunctatus

Rhodobaenus tredecimpunctatus, e.g.,

(That one I took in your back yard!)

I think that species is distinctive in our area.

Patrick Coin
Durham, North Carolina

… Cotinis, 14 August, 2005 - 1:19pm

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Rhodobaenus

The species is not distintive.

I would suggest this reference for Rhodobaenus:

Vaurie, P. 1981. Revision of Rhodobaenus. Part 2, Species in North America (Canada to Panama) (Coleoptera, Curculionidae, Rhynchophorinae). Bulletin of the AMNH ; v. 171, article 2.

There are three species of Rhodobaenus in the U.S. (and 2 in Canada). The markings and color cannot be used to identify to GENUS, but once you've arrived at Rhodobaenus, the species IN THE U.S. (not South America) can be distinguished by markings.

All the Rhodobaenus on this site with ONLY black spots on red are Rhodobaenus tredecimpunctatus. All the Rhodobaenus on this site with large patches of black and a few spots on red are Rhodobaenus quinquepunctatus, including this one.

Rhodobaenus pulchellus is also recorded from the U.S., but only in the extreme Southwest.

… Nathan Cottrell, 14 December, 2007 - 10:53am

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Thanks. Very helpful.

Thanks. Very helpful.

… Roger Rittmaster, 14 August, 2005 - 1:55pm

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weevil

Looks something like this http://www.biosurvey.ou.edu/okwild/misc/cbwee.html

… Charles Schurch Lewallen, 14 August, 2005 - 12:46pm

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