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Baptisia seedpod weevil - Trichapion rostrum
Copyright © 2010 John Pearson

Baptisia seedpod weevil - Trichapion rostrum
Patton Prairie Natural Area, Hazleton, Buchanan County, Iowa, USA
August 3, 2010
Size: ~4 mm
Found inside seedpod of White Wild Indigo (Baptisia lactea) in native prairie remnant.

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Contributed by John Pearson on 13 September, 2010 - 9:39pm
Last updated 14 September, 2010 - 12:34pm

Moved tentatively
Moved from Apioninae.
… v belov, 14 September, 2010 - 12:34pm login or register to post comments

Trichapion rostrum?
MJ Hatfield alerted me that she has dealt with Baptisia seedpod weevils in a previous BG posting:

Same species?
… John Pearson, 14 September, 2010 - 11:08am login or register to post comments

 
sounds convincing to me
still, it's a tough group and you better have the specimen expert-examined; the trouble is, though, that after Dave Kissinger's retirement nobody seems to be willing to work with the apionines in earnest :/
… v belov, 14 September, 2010 - 12:40pm login or register to post comments

likely, a Trichapion... or Coelocephalapion
there are 2 more [much smaller] genera assoc'd w/Fabaceae i can't exclude at this point

Moved from Beetles.
… v belov, 14 September, 2010 - 8:44am login or register to post comments

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