Nemonychidae and Anthribidae of Wisconsin (Coleoptera: Curculionoidea)
Author
Janicki, Julia
Author
Young, Daniel K.
text
Insecta Mundi
2017
2017-10-27
2017
579
1
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journal article
10.5281/zenodo.5169237
1942-1354
5169237
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Trigonorhinus limbatus
(Say)
(Fig. 27–28)
Anthribus limbatus
Say 1826: 250
.
Brachytarsus plumbeus
Leconte 1876: 406
.
Brachytarsus vestitus
Leconte 1876: 406
.
Brachytarsus naviculus
Jordan
1907: 379
.
Brachytarsus limbatus
(Say)
;
Blatchley and Leng 1916: 40
.
Brachytarsoides limbatus
(Say)
;
Pierce 1930: 30
.
Brachytarsoides rufodorsalis
Dethlefsen 1954: 58
.
Brachytarsoides minor
Dethlefsen 1954: 58
.
Brachytarsoides quadratus
Dethlefsen 1954: 59
.
Brachytarsoides quadratus
ssp.
nigrinus
Dethlefsen 1954: 60
.
Trigonorhinus limbatus
(Say)
;
Valentine 1957: 9
.
Description.
Length
1.8–3.2mm
(head excluded). Integument black to dark reddish-brown, legs light reddish-brown. Vestiture consisting of white to light brown setae; pronotal setae pale grey or brown, in spots or intermixed with darker brown; elytral discal setae white, white and light brown intermixed, or entirely light brown, with light brown setae often in small, scattered spots. Rostrum moderately prolonged, narrowed apically, medial 1/3 prolonged apically; surface finely punctate. Frons weakly convex, weakly transversely impressed below eye level, surface finely punctate. Pronotal width 1.2X length, widest at basal angles; sides distinctly arcuate, strongly converging to narrowly rounded apical margin; disc evenly and strongly convex, weakly and transversely impressed before transverse carina, transverse carina basal, very weakly arcuate, acutely elevated; surface shining, with shallow, sparse punctures, interpunctural space punctulate or minutely reticulate. Elytral length 1.2X width, sides evenly and weakly arcuate to broadly rounded apex; disc evenly convex; striae weakly and narrowly impressed, with small, deeply impressed punctures; interstriae 3.0–4.0X strial width, minutely reticulate-granulate.
Diagnosis.
Trigonorhinus limbatus
can be distinguished from other
Trigonorhinus
species
by its diffuse color pattern consisting of white to light brown setae, and by the pronotum possessing a shallowly emarginate base that is arcuate opposite the scutellum.
Natural history.
Adults breed in the heads and stems of various flowers in
Asteraceae
, especially in those of
Helenium
. Specifically, they have been recorded on sneeze weed,
Helenium autumnale
. According to
Howden (1992)
, Valentine observed that adult females use the toothed ovipositor to simply push aside parts of a composite flower head, or they may oviposit in stems. A
Wisconsin
series was recorded “mating and perhaps feeding on flowers of
Helenium autumnale
”.
Phenology.
In
Wisconsin
, adults have been collected June – August.
Collecting methods.
The 31
Wisconsin
specimens examined during this study from five counties represent a
NEW STATE RECORD
. Most specimens were hand-collected from
H. autumnale
.