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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Curculionoidea » Snout and Bark Beetles (Curculionidae) » Hidden Snout Weevils (Cryptorhynchinae) » Cryptorhynchini » Cryptorhynchina » Liometophilus » Liometophilus manni

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Copyright © 2009 margarethe brummermann

Ant-loving weevil - Liometophilus manni

Western Cochise Stronghold, Cochise County, Arizona, USA
May 10, 1975
Size: ~3 mm

Found in ant nest.
leg. K. Stephan, Collection CW O'Brien, who will add the ID and the ant sp.

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Contributed by margarethe brummermann on 7 September, 2009 - 2:15pm
Last updated 30 August, 2015 - 9:16am

Karl Stephan was no ordinary beetle collector...

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See excerpts from his obituary here...
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… Mike Quinn, 27 October, 2009 - 5:13pm

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Mike, thank you!

Now I'm even more delighted that I got to photograph this rare specimen - and turn some more Arizona rocks, always hoping...

… margarethe brummermann, 27 October, 2009 - 7:19pm

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Might you get a lateral shot to post?

Thanks, Mike

… Mike Quinn, 27 October, 2009 - 8:18pm

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Hi Mike, here's a lateral of a specimen I picked up this year.

… Jeff Gruber, 2 October, 2013 - 7:16am

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awesome!!

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… Mike Quinn, 2 October, 2013 - 7:41am

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Really awsome!

… margarethe brummermann, 2 October, 2013 - 9:23am

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Moved from Liometophilus.

… margarethe brummermann, 14 September, 2009 - 7:08pm

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… margarethe brummermann, 13 September, 2009 - 2:28pm

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Liometophilus manni Fall, this weevil is a mymecophile living in the nest of the ant Liometopum apiculatum Mayr. Rare in collections, with the type series of 2 specimens found in the runways of different colonies in Ramsey Canyon. Also found on the undersides of stones covering the entrance to the ant's nest. I have seen specimens from the Huachuca Mts., Chiricahua Mts., and Dragoon Mts. in AZ; Grant County NM; and Hidalgo Mexico, always in small numbers.

… Charles W. O'Brien, 12 September, 2009 - 11:41pm

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