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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) » Sciaphilini » Barypeithes » Hairy Spider Weevil (Barypeithes pellucidus)

Species Barypeithes pellucidus - Hairy Spider Weevil

Classification · Other Common Names · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Size · Range · Food · Internet References · Works Cited
Beetle - Barypeithes pellucidus Weevil - Barypeithes pellucidus Tiny ground weevil & two oribatid mites - Barypeithes pellucidus Curculionidae - Barypeithes pellucidus Beetle - Barypeithes pellucidus weevil in soil - Barypeithes pellucidus Tiny weevil - Barypeithes pellucidus Curculionidae, Hairy Spider Weevil, dorsal - Barypeithes pellucidus
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 Entiminae (Broad-nosed Weevils)
Tribe Sciaphilini
Genus Barypeithes
Species pellucidus (Hairy Spider Weevil)
Other Common Names
Juniper Root Weevil, Hairy Broad-nosed Weevil
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Exomias pellucidus
Explanation of Names
Barypeithes pellucidus (Boheman 1834)
Size
3.0-3.6 mm(1)
Range
native to Europe, adventive and widespread in NA (introduced ca. 1886) throughout so. Canada and the US(2)
Food
polyphagous; pest of raspberries in BC and of strawberries in Europe(2)
Internet References
Fact sheet (Rosetta 2012)(3)
Works Cited
1.Weevils of South Carolina (Coleoptera: Nemonychidae, Attelabidae, Brentidae, Ithyceridae, and Curculionidae).
Janet C. Ciegler. 2010. Clemson University, Clemson, S.C. 276 pp.
2.Insects and Arachnids of Canada Series, Part 25. Coleoptera, Curculionidae, Entiminae.
Donald E. Bright, Patrice Bouchard. 2008. 2008. NRC Research Press, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
3.Pacific Northwest Nursery IPM Website
Contributed by tom murray on 11 May, 2006 - 6:06pm
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, ghanley1, Bbarnd, v belov, Fyn Kynd
Last updated 3 March, 2017 - 12:22pm

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