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Notolomus sp. TAC 1

Representative Images

Notolomus sp. 1 - Notolomus Notolomus sp. 1 - Notolomus Notolomus sp. TAC 1 - Notolomus

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 Derelomini
Genus Notolomus
No Taxon Notolomus sp. TAC 1

Other Common Names

a palm flower weevil

Explanation of Names

Notolomus sp. TAC 1 refers to an undescribed species that Tami A. Carlow listed in her weevil survey of the lower Rio Grande valley. (Carlow 1997)

Numbers

2 spp. recognized n. of Mex., (1), plus two additional spp. in southmost Texas (E. G. Riley, pers. comm.)

Size

Length of 2.2-2.4 mm,
the greatest width across the elytral mid-length at 1.0-1.2 mm. (Riley & King, 2009)

Range

Apparent range limited to the Brownsville area, Cameron Co., TX (E. G. Riley, pers. comm.)

Habitat

Palm forest

Season

Number of compiled Texas collecting events by month:
April (3), July (2), October (2). (Riley & King, 2009)

Food

Associated with flowers of Sabal mexicana Mart. (Arecaceae).
Anderson (1993) reported that Notolomus larvae develop in male palm flowers in Florida.

Remarks

The earliest Texas records for Notolomus sp. 1 are from collections made by Anderson & Riley in 1989 (E. G. Riley, pers. comm.) Robert S. Anderson, Entomologist, Canadian Museum of Nature
Texas Parks & Wildlife considers this to be a "Species of Greatest Conservation Need" (SGCN) (2)

See Also

Notolomus basalis LeConte 1876, Erirhinidae, Acalyptini (Formerly Derelomini). Taxonomy per C. W. O'Brien.
Type - Harvard, MCZ

Print References

Anderson, R.S. 1993. The Curculionoidea of Southern Florida: An Annotated Checklist (Coleoptera: Curculionoidea [excluding Curculionidae; Scolytinae, Platypodinae]). Insecta Mundi 6(3-4): 193-248.
Blatchley, W.S., and C.W. Leng. 1916. Rhynchophora or Weevils of North Eastern America. Nature Publishing Co., Indianapolis, Indiana. 682 pp. Full Text
Carlow, T.A. 1997. A faunal survey and zoogeographic analysis of the Curculionidae (Coleoptera) (excluding Anthribidae, Platypodinae, and Scolytinae) of the lower Rio Grande valley of Texas. Unpublished thesis, Texas A&M University, College Station. xi + 274.
LeConte, J.L. & G.H. Horn. 1876. The Rhynchophora of America North of Mexico. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society, 15(96): xvi + 455. Full Text
Riley, E.G. & J.E. King. 2009. Element record datasheets submitted to Texas Parks & Wildlife Department, Wildlife Division, Austin.

Works Cited

1.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.
2.Texas "Species of Greatest Conservation Need" (SGCN) - TPWD
Contributed by Mike Quinn on 19 June, 2009 - 9:42pm
Last updated 15 July, 2017 - 1:17pm

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