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Species Cleopomiarus hispidulus

Curculionidae, and Lobelia seed - 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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