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Species Cathormiocerus aristatus

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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 Trachyphloeini
Genus Cathormiocerus
Species aristatus (Cathormiocerus aristatus)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Trachyphloeus aristatus (Gyllenhal 1827)
Explanation of Names
current combination per (1)
Identification
Suberect spatulate scale-like "setae" (lacking in the smilar Calyptillus) that are longer and denser than in other "Trachyphloeus" found in our area
Range
Native to Europe, adventive in our area (recorded from WI, AB, ON)
Remarks
Recently emerged specimens are clean and they get dirty and coated with a mix of soil and secretions as they age.
Works Cited
1.Revision of the palearctic supraspecific taxa of the tribe Trachyphloeini (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Entiminae).
Borovec, Roman. 2009. Klapalekiana 45: 1-97.
Contributed by Tim Loh on 19 March, 2010 - 3:22pm
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, Boris Bueche, v belov
Last updated 26 August, 2023 - 1:33pm

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