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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Curculionoidea » Snout and Bark Beetles (Curculionidae) » Curculioninae » Leguminous Seed Weevils (Tychiini) » Tychiina » Sibinia » Mesquite Sibinia Weevil (Sibinia setosa)

Species Sibinia setosa - Mesquite Sibinia Weevil

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Size · Range · Season · Food · Remarks · Print References · Works Cited

Little weevil on Mesquite - Sibinia setosa

Tiny Weevil on Mesquite - Sibinia setosa

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 Tychiini (Leguminous Seed Weevils)

Subtribe Tychiina

Genus Sibinia

Species setosa (Mesquite Sibinia Weevil)

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Tychius setosa LeConte 1876, sulcatulus Casey 1897(1)

Explanation of Names

Sibinia setosa (LeConte)

Size

1.3-1.8 mm(2)

Range

sw US (s.CA-c.TX-UT-NV) / Mex. - Map (1)(3)(4)

Season

Feb-Dec, most abundant when mesquite is in bloom or soon after(2)

Food

Larvae develop in flower buds of mesquite, Prosopis glandulosa

Remarks

parasitized by Zatropis perdubius, Z. captitus (Pteromalidae), Eutrichosoma mirabile (Eutrichosomatidae)

Print References

Rogers C.W., Clark W.E., Burke H.R. (1975) Bionomics of Sibinia sulcatula (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) on mesquite in Texas. Southwestern Naturalist 20: 303—314

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.	The weevil genus Sibinia: natural history, taxonomy, phylogeny, and zoogeography. Wayne E. Clark. 1978. Quaestiones Entomolgicae 14(2): 91-387.

3.	Beetle biodiversity response to vegetation restoration of mid-valley riparian woodland in the LRGV of southern Texas. King, J.E. 2015. Unpublished master's thesis, Texas A&M University, College Station. viii + 218 pp.

4.	Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)

Contributed by margarethe brummermann on 6 June, 2009 - 11:29am
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn, v belov
Last updated 26 January, 2024 - 5:00pm

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