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Species Rhinoncus pericarpius

Rhinoncus castor - Rhinoncus pericarpius

Curculionidae, dorsal - 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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