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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Curculionoidea » Primitive Weevils (Brentidae) » Pear-shaped Weevils (Apioninae) » Rhopalapion » Hollyhock Weevil (Rhopalapion longirostre)

Species Rhopalapion longirostre - Hollyhock Weevil

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Numbers · Size · Identification · Range · Food · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited

Hollyhock Weevil - Rhopalapion longirostre - male - female

Hollyhock Weevils mating - Rhopalapion longirostre - male - female

Apioninae on Hollyhocks, dorsal - Rhopalapion longirostre

Hollyhock Weevil - Rhopalapion longirostre

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 Brentidae (Primitive Weevils)

Subfamily Apioninae (Pear-shaped Weevils)

Genus Rhopalapion

Species longirostre (Hollyhock Weevil)

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Rhopalapion longirostre (Olivier)

Orig. Comb: Apion longirostre Olivier, 1807

Numbers

monotypic genus (1)

Size

up to ~4 mm

Identification

Small, grey with orange legs. Male's snout is much shorter than female's.

Range

widely dist., though absent from se US to TX (BG data) CA-NM-MD-NH-WA / ON - Map (2), mostly across northern half of the US

Native to temperate Asia (3) and now expanding its range in Eurasia; introduced to N. Amer. (first detected: GA 1914) via Europe; widespread in our area (4)

Food

Common Hollyhock - Alcea rosea (Malvaceae) (4), native to China

Print References

Tattershall, J.T., and R.H. Davidson. 1954. Life history and control of Apion longirostre Olivier. Journal of Economic Entomology, 47(1): 181-182.

Internet References

Photo series - OK Panhandle St. Univ.

Fact sheet - L. Kulzer, 1998

Works Cited

1.	Dmitriev D.A. (2003-) 3I interactive keys and taxonomic databases

2.	Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)

3.	Alien terrestrial arthropods of Europe Roques A., Kenis M., Lees D., Lopez-Vaamonde C., Rabitsch W., Rasplus J.-Y., Roy D., eds. 2010. BioRisk 4 Special Issue; 2 vols., 1028 pp.

4.	American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea Arnett, R.H., Jr., M. C. Thomas, P. E. Skelley and J. H. Frank. (eds.). 2002. CRC Press LLC, Boca Raton, FL.

Contributed by Phillip Harpootlian on 14 August, 2006 - 7:39am
Additional contributions by Hannah Nendick-Mason, john and jane balaban, Beatriz Moisset, Bbarnd, Mike Quinn, ceiseman, v belov
Last updated 12 January, 2023 - 12:22pm

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