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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Curculionoidea » Snout and Bark Beetles (Curculionidae) » Molytinae » Pine Weevils (Hylobiini) » Eudociminus » Cypress Weevil (Eudociminus mannerheimii)

Species Eudociminus mannerheimii - Cypress Weevil

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Size · Range · Habitat · Food · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited
Eudociminus mannerheimii (Boheman) - Eudociminus mannerheimii Eudociminus mannerheimii Snout Beetle - Eudociminus mannerheimii cypress weevil - Eudociminus mannerheimii cypress weevil pupa - Eudociminus mannerheimii cypress weevil larva - Eudociminus mannerheimii Eudociminus mannerheimii pink-spotted weevil - Eudociminus mannerheimii
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 Molytinae
Tribe Hylobiini (Pine Weevils)
Genus Eudociminus
Species mannerheimii (Cypress Weevil)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Eudociminus mannerheimi (C. H. Boheman)
Orig. Comb: Eudocimus mannerheimi C. H. Boheman, 1836
Size
10.5-17.0 mm
Range
e.TX to FL to NY, AR / also c. Mex. - Map (1)(2)(3)(4), mostly se. costal states
Habitat
wider coastal plain, plus c. Mex.
Food
Hosts: Cupressaceae, incl. bald cypress (Taxodium distichum), pond cypress (T. ascendens), Montezuma Cypress (Taxodium mucronatum), Japanese cedar (Cryptomeria sp.), Leyland cypress (X Cupressocyparis leylandii), arborvitae (Thuja sp.); possibly Atlantic white cedar (Chamaecyparis thyoides) and Atlantic red cedar (Juniperus virginiana)
Print References
Boheman, C.H. 1836. Eudociminus. In: Schoenherr, C. J. Genera et species curculionidum, cum synonymia hujus familiae. Species novae aut hactenus minus cognitae, descriptionibus a Dom. Volume 3, part 1. Leonardo Gyllenhal, C. H. Boheman, et entomologicis aliis illustratae, Paris, France. Vol. 3, No. 1: 240-242.
Jones RW, O'Brien CW, Cozar JL. 2003. Nuevos registros de Curculionidae y Apionidae (Coleoptera: Curculionoidea) para México. Folia Entomológica Mexicana 42: 293-294.
Mayfield A.E. (2004) The cypress weevil, Eudociminus mannerheimii (Boheman) (Coleoptera: Curculionidae). Florida Dept. of Agriculture & Consumer Svcs. Div. of Plant Industry. Entomology Circular No. 415. 2 pp.
Sánchez-Martínez G, Equihua-Martínez A, González-Gaona E, Jones RW. 2010. First record of Eudociminus mannerheimii (Boheman) (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) attacking Taxodium mucronatum Ten. (Cupressaceae) in Jalisco, Mexico. The Coleopterists Bulletin, 64(1): 96-97. (BioOne)
Skvarla, M.J., M.A. Bertone, J.R. Fisher, and A.P.G. Dowling 2015. New information about the Cypress Weevil, Eudociminus mannerheimii (Boheman, 1836) (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Molytinae): redescription, range expansion, new host records, and report as a possible causative agent of tree mortality. The Coleopterists Bulletin, 69(4): 751-757. (BioOne)
Internet References
Featured Creatures - Albert E. Mayfield III, Research Entomologist, USDA Forest Service, Southern Research Station, Asheville, NC, Reviewed: April 2021
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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. A distributional checklist of the beetles (Coleoptera) of Florida.
Peck & Thomas. 1998. Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, Gainesville. 180 pp.
3.Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
4.iNaturalist
Contributed by v belov on 2 November, 2009 - 1:17pm
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn, Matt Bertone
Last updated 25 August, 2022 - 1:26pm

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