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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Curculionoidea » Snout and Bark Beetles (Curculionidae) » Minute Seed Weevils (Ceutorhynchinae) » Phytobiini » Rhinoncus » Rhinoncus pericarpius

Species Rhinoncus pericarpius

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Size · Range · Food · Remarks · Works Cited
Weevil - Rhinoncus pericarpius weevil - Rhinoncus pericarpius Weevil - Rhinoncus pericarpius Weevil beetle - Rhinoncus pericarpius Genus Rhinoncus? sp? - Rhinoncus pericarpius Curculionidae - Rhinoncus castor - Minute seed weevil? - Rhinoncus pericarpius Weevil gleaned from side of house - Rhinoncus pericarpius Coleoptera. Curculionidae - Rhinoncus pericarpius
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 Ceutorhynchinae (Minute Seed Weevils)
Tribe Phytobiini
Genus Rhinoncus
Species pericarpius (Rhinoncus pericarpius)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Rhinoncus castor (Fabricius 1792) ‒see (1)
Explanation of Names
Rhinoncus pericarpius (Linnaeus 1758)
Size
2.5‒3.4 mm(2)
Range
native to, and widespread across, the Palaearctic(3), adventive in NA and now widespread across Canada, ne.US & WA(4)
Food
hosts: Rumex spp. (Polygonaceae); larvae in root galls or stem miners
Remarks
earliest record in our area: NJ 1895(4)
Works Cited
1.Cooperative catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera Curculionoidea, 2nd ed.
Alonso-Zarazaga MA, Barrios H, Borovec R, Bouchard P, Caldara R, Colonnelli E, Gültekin L, Hlaváč P, Korotyaev B, Lyal CHC,.. 2023. Monografías electrónicas S.E.A.
2.Benisch C. (2007-) kerbtier.de – Beetle fauna of Germany
3.Coleoptera Poloniae
4.The weevils (Coleoptera: Curculionoidea) of the Maritime Provinces of Canada, II: New records from Nova Scotia...
Majka C.G., Anderson R.S., McCorquodale D.B. 2007. Can. Entomol. 139: 397–442.
Contributed by tom murray on 4 May, 2006 - 7:39pm
Additional contributions by john and jane balaban, Beatriz Moisset, Phillip Harpootlian, Mike Quinn, Boris Bueche, v belov
Last updated 21 September, 2024 - 9:53pm

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