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Dune Weevil - Apleurus albovestitus
Copyright © 2010 David Hunter

Dune Weevil - Apleurus albovestitus
Monvero Dunes, Fresno County, California, USA
April 6, 2010
Size: 1 inch
Found this mid morning in the dunes going from bush to bush across the sand.

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Contributed by David Hunter on 11 April, 2010 - 11:57am
Last updated 11 April, 2010 - 2:05pm

so let's settle for A. a.; thanks, David. Very nice pic, too.
Moved from Apleurus.
… v belov, 11 April, 2010 - 2:05pm login or register to post comments

 
ID confirmed by R.S. Anderson
… v belov, 14 April, 2010 - 7:26am login or register to post comments

Apleurus looks good!
Not saginatus, which is what I am familiar with from the acacia scrub in AZ. AB lists 6 spp, so I am going to have to defer to Charlie or Anderson! Could be an endemic to those particular dunes?!?
… Blaine Mathison, 11 April, 2010 - 1:12pm login or register to post comments

 
theoretically it could, but...
California beetle database(1) lists 2 members of the genus: A. jacobinus [Sta Barbara Co.] and A. albovestitus [Fresno, Riverside, San Bernardino Cos.; also from LA in the guide] -- which i suspect to be case here, too
… v belov, 11 April, 2010 - 1:19pm login or register to post comments

 
Apleurus albovestitus
Going through the CA beetle project (now that I know what to look under)the only recorded occurrence of this beetle in Fresno County is in the Monvero Dunes which is where I found it.
… David Hunter, 11 April, 2010 - 1:58pm login or register to post comments

Just guessing for fun...
Looks a bit like Apleurus



But I could be way off, so let's see what the experts think.
… Ken Wolgemuth, 11 April, 2010 - 12:21pm login or register to post comments

hope Blaine or Dr Anderson will bring it to sp.
Moved from ID Request.
… v belov, 11 April, 2010 - 12:17pm login or register to post comments

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