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Large Black Weevil - Cactophagus spinolae
Copyright © 2011 Lon Brehmer and Enriqueta Flores-Guevara

Large Black Weevil - Cactophagus spinolae
S of San Manuel, Pinal County, Arizona, USA
August 10, 2011
Size: approx 18 mm
Feeding on Fishhook Barrel Cactus (Ferocactus wislinzeni) in Sonoran Desert, elev. 3400 feet; I would guess that it is one of Cactophagus spinolae validus, Scyphophorus yucca, or a Sisal Weevil (Scyphophorus acupunctatus), but I can't tell them apart.

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Contributed by Lon Brehmer and Enriqueta Flores-Guevara on 27 November, 2011 - 4:12pm
Last updated 29 June, 2014 - 5:09pm

Moved
Moved from Scyphophorus.
… margarethe brummermann, 29 June, 2014 - 5:09pm login or register to post comments

yeah... angles unfortunate
need to see the pronotal punctation & the body outline well

Moved from ID Request.
… v belov, 27 November, 2011 - 5:38pm login or register to post comments

Scyphophorus sp., yes
I don't remember off-hand how to separate the two species in AZ.
… Blaine Mathison, 27 November, 2011 - 5:17pm login or register to post comments

 
Cactophagus spinolae male
I'd say
… margarethe brummermann, 16 May, 2013 - 1:00am login or register to post comments

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