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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Curculionoidea » Snout and Bark Beetles (Curculionidae) » Curculioninae » Mecinini » Cleopomiarus » Cleopomiarus hispidulus

Species Cleopomiarus hispidulus

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Range · Food · Remarks · Works Cited
beetle - Cleopomiarus hispidulus Weevil - Cleopomiarus hispidulus Weevil - Cleopomiarus hispidulus Cleopomiarus hispidulus Weevil beetle - Cleopomiarus hispidulus Mecinini - Cleopomiarus hispidulus Cleopomiarus hispidulus Curculionidae, dorsal & ventral - Cleopomiarus hispidulus
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 Mecinini
Genus Cleopomiarus
Species hispidulus (Cleopomiarus hispidulus)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Miarus hispidulus LeConte 1876 (type specimen)
Explanation of Names
Cleopomiarus hispidulus (LeConte 1876)
Range
e. NA (NB-MB to...)(1)(2)
Food
On Lobelia (Campanulaceae); larvae in seed capsules(1)
Remarks
European origin was discussed because of mislabeled specimens [Miarus hispidulus Reitter, 1907 - "Spain"].
There is a second nearctic species in Mexico, C. erebus Casey, 1910.(3)
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.New Coleoptera records from New Brunswick, Canada: Anthribidae, Brentidae, Dryophthoridae, Brachyceridae, and Curculionidae...
Webster R.P., Anderson R.S., Sweeney J.D., Demerchant I. 2012. Zookeys 179: 349-406.
3.Systematics of the Holarctic species of the weevil genus Cleopomiarus Pierce (Coleoptera: Curculionidae)
Caldara, R. & A. A. Legalov . 2016. Journal of Insect Biodiversity 4(6):1-47.
Contributed by v belov on 2 January, 2010 - 10:31am
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, Boris Bueche
Last updated 29 May, 2021 - 2:45am

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