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Species Sibinia fulva

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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 Curculioninae
Tribe Tychiini (Leguminous Seed Weevils)
Subtribe Tychiina
Genus Sibinia
Species fulva (Sibinia fulva)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
≡Sibynes fulvus ≡Itychus fulvus
Explanation of Names
Sibinia fulva (LeConte 1876)
fulva 'reddish yellow, tawny'
Size
♂ 2.2‒2.8 mm, ♀ 2.6‒3.0 mm(1)
Range
CA‒w.TX, NV, n.Mexico(1)
Season
mostly Apr‒Jul(1)
Life Cycle
Larvae in Senegalia greggii and S. roemeriana reproductive structures(1)
Remarks
Merobruchus julianus (Bruchinae) was reared from A. greggii seeds attacked by S. fulva; M. julianus occupied the centres of the large flattened seeds while S. fulva fed around the edges.(1)
Print References
LeConte, J.L. and G.H. Horn. 1876. The Rhynchopora of America North of Mexico. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society held at Philadelphia for promoting useful knowledge 15: 1–455.
Internet References
Holotype - MCZ, Harvard
Works Cited
1.The weevil genus Sibinia: natural history, taxonomy, phylogeny, and zoogeography.
Wayne E. Clark. 1978. Quaestiones Entomolgicae 14(2): 91-387.
Contributed by margarethe brummermann on 29 June, 2010 - 7:29pm
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn, v belov
Last updated 19 February, 2025 - 11:47am

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