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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Curculionoidea » Snout and Bark Beetles (Curculionidae) » Flower Weevils (Baridinae) » Apostasimerini » Barinus » Barinus curticollis

Species Barinus curticollis

Classification · Explanation of Names · Size · Range · Habitat · Food · Remarks · See Also · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited

Barinus curticollis Casey - Barinus curticollis

Eagle Spur Trail beetle Curculionidae on Rhynchospora recognita 2023 2.1 - Barinus curticollis

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 Baridinae (Flower Weevils)

Tribe Apostasimerini

Genus Barinus

Species curticollis (Barinus curticollis)

Explanation of Names

Barinus curticollis Casey 1892

curticollis = 'short-necked'

Size

2.7-3.8 mm(1)

Range

se US (TX-FL-MD-MO) - Map (2)(3)(4)(5)

Habitat

wet areas (note host)

Food

abundant on swallow sedge (Carex lurida, Cyperaceae)(4)

Remarks

Type Locality: St. Louis, Missouri

See Also

nearest to debilis Casey, but differs notably from that by the feebler apical constriction of the prothorax and the larger overall size(1)

Print References

Casey, T.L. 1892. Coleopterological Notices. IV. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 6: 359–712.

Internet References

Type Info - Smithsonian

Works Cited

1.	A synopsis of the genus Barinus Casey in North America (Coleoptera Curculionidae) E.L. Sleeper. 1956. Ohio Journal of Science, 56: 76-86.

2.	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.

3.	List of Coleoptera Collected in Latimer County, Oklahoma by Karl Stephan (2002)

4.	Weevils of South Carolina (Coleoptera: Nemonychidae, Attelabidae, Brentidae, Ithyceridae, and Curculionidae). Janet C. Ciegler. 2010. Clemson University, Clemson, S.C. 276 pp.

5.	Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)

Contributed by v belov on 25 May, 2010 - 12:26pm
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn
Last updated 2 November, 2023 - 12:53pm

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