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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Curculionoidea » Snout and Bark Beetles (Curculionidae) » Broad-nosed Weevils (Entiminae) » Geonemini » Epicaerus » Epicaerus lepidotus

Species Epicaerus lepidotus

Classification · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Size · Range · Season · Food · Remarks · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited

Epicaerus lepidotus Pierce - Epicaerus lepidotus

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 Entiminae (Broad-nosed Weevils)

Tribe Geonemini

Genus Epicaerus

Species lepidotus (Epicaerus lepidotus)

Explanation of Names

Epicaerus lepidotus Pierce, 1910

Numbers

10 spp. n. of Mex. (1)

Size

4.5-6.0 mm

Range

Edwards Plateau to s. TX - Map (Pierce 1910)(2)(3)

Season

mostly Mar-May (BG data)

Food

one spmn coll'ed beating TX red oak - Quercus buckleyi (BG Data)

Remarks

Described from eight specimens collected by E. A. Schwarz at San Antonio, Texas, May 9 and 10. It is also at hand from Cotulla and Brownsville, Texas. (Pierce 1910)

Print References

Pierce, W.D. 1910. On some phases of parasitism displayed by insect enemies of weevils. Journal of Economic Entomology 3: 451-458. (Full Text)

Internet References

Type Info - Smithsonian

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.	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.

3.	Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)

Contributed by Mike Quinn on 21 September, 2009 - 2:16pm
Last updated 22 May, 2019 - 7:39am

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