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Species Otiorhynchus carinatopunctatus

Otiorhynchus scaber - Otiorhynchus carinatopunctatus
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 Otiorhynchini
Genus Otiorhynchus
Species carinatopunctatus (Otiorhynchus carinatopunctatus)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Curculio scaber auct., non Linnaeus
Explanation of Names
Otiorhynchus (Nihus) carinatopunctatus (Retzius, 1783)
Size
4.5 - 6 mm without rostrum
Identification
dorsal habitus
Range
native to n. & c. Europe, adventive in NA (NS)(1)
Habitat
Forests (in Europe)
Season
all year round.
Food
polyphagous (prefers dicots)
Remarks
The species Curculio scaber Linnaeus, 1758 was falsely combined with Otiorhynchus from 1898 on - when reinspected, types proved not identical with this species at all (=former Trachyphloeus bifoveolatus).
(2)
Works Cited
1.Coleoptera Poloniae
2.Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera 8: Curculionoidea II
Löbl, I.; Smetana, A. (Eds). 2013. Brill.
Contributed by v belov on 8 March, 2014 - 5:56pm
Additional contributions by Boris Bueche
Last updated 31 October, 2018 - 3:59am

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