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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Curculionoidea » Snout and Bark Beetles (Curculionidae) » Conoderinae » Twig and Stem Weevils (Zygopini) » Cylindrocopturus » Cylindrocopturus quercus
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Tiny Beetle - Cylindrocopturus quercus
Copyright © 2006 Stephen_WV

Tiny Beetle - Cylindrocopturus quercus
Ohio River Islands NWR, Pleasants County, West Virginia, USA
June 13, 2006
Size: 3 mm
A tiny subject. As I looked at it through the viewfinder, I thought it might be only part of the husk of a beetle. Once it was up on the screen, though, I could see it was a live, complete beetle. Can anyone help with the ID?
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Contributed by Stephen_WV on 16 June, 2006 - 5:29am
Last updated 6 February, 2017 - 3:12pm

Moved
Moved from Cylindrocopturus.
… tom murray, 24 January, 2009 - 2:27pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Conoderinae.
… Charley Eiseman, 25 October, 2008 - 7:34pm login or register to post comments

Cylindrocopturus quercus (Say, 1831)
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… v belov, 25 October, 2008 - 7:02pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Snout and Bark Beetles.
… Boris Büche, 14 May, 2007 - 10:20am login or register to post comments

might be
one of this genus
Decision on Conoderinae now, insofar safe.
… Boris Büche, 14 May, 2007 - 9:45am login or register to post comments

either subfamily Conoderinae, or Ceutorhynchinae
. . . difficult to decide.
… Boris Büche, 19 December, 2006 - 8:45am login or register to post comments

It's a weevil
and I think I recall a similar image in the guide, unclassified perhaps.
… Jim McClarin, 16 June, 2006 - 5:57am login or register to post comments

 
Weevils
Thanks, Jim.

I found a similar Weevil genus yesterday but no exact matches—similar color and texture and pronotum shape. I forgot to check on whether those were also tiny. I also forgot to jot down the genus name. Back to work!

LATER: I think the genus I was looking at yesterday was Conotrachelus, though after looking again I think the resemblance may be superficial.

One thing I'm not clear about is whether this beetle had a sizeable snout that was pointed downward and thus isn't visible in the photo, or if it was a nearly snoutless species.
… Stephen_WV, 16 June, 2006 - 6:06am login or register to post comments

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