A Review of the Species of Geraeus Pascoe and Linogeraeus Casey Found in the Continental United States (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Baridinae) Author Prena, Jens text The Coleopterists Bulletin 2009 2009-06-30 63 2 123 172 http://dx.doi.org/10.1649/0010-065x-63.2.123 journal article 10.1649/0010-065x-63.2.123 1938-4394 10101089 D00E60FB-9B19-4546-98D2-98436F5CCA2E Linogeraeus crucifer (Champion) , new combination ( Figs. 31, 32 , 77 ) Geraeus crucifer Champion 1908:273 . Syntypes , 1 labeled ‘‘ Temax ,/ N. Yucatan ,/ Gaumer ,’’ ‘‘ Champion / determined,’’ ‘‘ Geraeus / crucifer/ Ch’ ’ (USNM); other syntypes (BMNH) not examined. Geraeus octomaculatus Champion 1908:273 . Holotype female, Mexico , Toxpam [Tuxpan?], Veracruz (BMNH), examined by C. W. O’Brien. New synonymy. Recognition. Linogeraeus crucifer can be recognized by its color pattern ( Fig. 31 ). Males have tuberculiform prosternal spines and ventrally setose protibiae. The size range is 3.3–4.8 mm . Distribution. This species has been collected at widely scattered localities in Mexico , Nicaragua , Venezuela , and the United States ( Fig. 77 ). Type locality. Yucatan , Mexico . Material examined. United States : Arizona ( CMNC 2 , CWOB 8 ) , Nebraska ( USNM 1 ) . Mexico : Chiapas ( CWOB 8 ) , Colima ( TAMU 1 ) , Guerrero ( TAMU 1 ) , Oaxaca ( CWOB 9 ) , Quintana Roo ( CWOB 1 , USNM 1 ) , Yucatán ( USNM 1 ) . Nicaragua : Estelí ( CWOB 1 ) , Matagalpa ( CWOB 2 ) . Venezuela : ( TAMU 5 ) . Total 41 specimens . Temporal occurrence. July to September [8 dates]. Plant associations. Unknown. Note. Linogeraeus crucifer is newly recorded for the United States . The species has been collected repeatedly in southern Arizona , for the first time in 1958, and on one occasion in Nebraska (Holt Co.), in 1983. The currently known collecting data do not provide a coherent picture of the natural distribution. The single record from Nebraska almost certainly presents an accidental introduction.