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Species Perapion curtirostre

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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 Brentidae (Primitive Weevils)
Subfamily Apioninae (Pear-shaped Weevils)
Tribe Aplemonini
Genus Perapion
Species curtirostre (Perapion curtirostre)
Explanation of Names
Perapion curtirostre (Germar 1817)
Size
2.0-2.5(1)
Range
native to Europe; introduced to NA and now widespread in the northeast (NF-QC-IN)(2)(3)(1)
Food
associated with Rumex(2)
Remarks
earliest NA record: ME & NY 1968(2)
Internet References
Works Cited
1.The Beetles of Northeastern North America, Vol. 1 and 2.
Downie, N.M., and R.H. Arnett. 1996. The Sandhill Crane Press, Gainesville, FL.
2.Introduced Apionidae and Brentidae (Coleoptera: Curculionoidea) in the Maritime Provinces of Canada
Majka C.G., Anderson R.S., Georgeson E. 2007. Proc. Entomol. Soc. Wash. 109: 66–74.
3.Checklist of beetles (Coleoptera) of Canada and Alaska. Second edition
Bousquet Y., Bouchard P., Davies A.E., Sikes D.S. 2013. ZooKeys 360: 1–402.
4.WCG – Website of the Watford Coleoptera Group