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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Curculionoidea » Snout and Bark Beetles (Curculionidae) » Broad-nosed Weevils (Entiminae) » Tropiphorini » Adaleres » Adaleres ovipennis
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Mating dimorphic weevils - Adaleres ovipennis - male - female
Copyright © 2010 Ken Schneider

Mating dimorphic weevils - Adaleres ovipennis - Male Female
Sunset Beach River Park, Sonoma County, California, USA
June 7, 2010
Size: ? 5 mm
I found this mating pair of sexually dimorphic (or at least variable) weevils near the Russian River. I didn't write down a measurement in my field notes, but I've put my best guess above... Better pics of this same pair from my wife will follow.

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Contributed by Ken Schneider on 8 June, 2010 - 11:54pm
Last updated 17 June, 2010 - 3:21pm

Moved
Moved from Beetles.
… v belov, 17 June, 2010 - 3:21pm login or register to post comments

ID
Adalares ovipennis Casey
… Charles W. O'Brien, 17 June, 2010 - 3:12pm login or register to post comments

 
Thank you -
Dr. O'Brien! v will have to figure out where this one goes in the weevil hierarchy, I think - believe this is a new genus for BG?
… Ken Schneider, 17 June, 2010 - 3:18pm login or register to post comments

 
oh yes you bet
just spelled with an 'e'
… v belov, 17 June, 2010 - 3:22pm login or register to post comments

no bell-ringers they are
which is always thrilling
… v belov, 9 June, 2010 - 12:04am login or register to post comments

 
Added -
several more photos from my wife of the pair and the ? female on its own.
… Ken Schneider, 9 June, 2010 - 11:44pm login or register to post comments

 
thanks man; suspect Dyslobus
*
… v belov, 10 June, 2010 - 8:02am login or register to post comments

 
Wow -
do you ever sleep? :) I lightened up some of the new photos now as well.
… Ken Schneider, 10 June, 2010 - 8:09am login or register to post comments

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