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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="85499">Original combination</emphasis>
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https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15913340
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https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:Ent:5176
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="85499">Synonyms</emphasis>
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Boheman, 1836: 171 (not LeConte, 1824).
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https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4109434
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The previously-published state distribution of
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is in the south-eastern United States-Georgia (
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), Florida (
<bibRefCitation author="LeConte, J. L." journalOrPublisher="Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society" pageId="0" pageNumber="85499" pagination="i-xvi + 1 - 455" refId="B7636556" refString="LeConte, J. L., Horn, G. H., 1876. The Rhynchophora of America North of Mexico. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society 15 (96): i-xvi + 1 - 455" title="The Rhynchophora of America North of Mexico" volume="15" year="1876">LeConte and Horn 1876</bibRefCitation>
), Tennessee (
<bibRefCitation author="Blatchley, W. S." journalOrPublisher="The Nature Publishing Company, Indianapolis" pageId="0" pageNumber="85499" refId="B7636398" refString="Blatchley, W. S., Leng, C. W., 1916. Rhynchophora or weevils of North Eastern America. The Nature Publishing Company, Indianapolis" title="Rhynchophora or weevils of North Eastern America" year="1916">Blatchley and Leng 1916</bibRefCitation>
), South Carolina, Alabama and Mississippi (
<bibRefCitation author="Wolfenbarger, D. O." journalOrPublisher="The Florida Entomologist" pageId="0" pageNumber="85499" pagination="139 - 141" refId="B7636739" refString="Wolfenbarger, D. O., 1950. On the distribution of Heilipus squamosos (Lec.) a pest of the avocado. The Florida Entomologist 33 (4): 139 - 141" title="On the distribution of Heilipus squamosos (Lec.) a pest of the avocado" volume="33" year="1950">Wolfenbarger 1950</bibRefCitation>
), North Carolina (
<bibRefCitation author="O'Brien, C. W." journalOrPublisher="Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute" pageId="0" pageNumber="85499" pagination="1 - 382" refId="B7636582" refString="O'Brien, C. W., Wibmer, G. J., 1982. Annotated checklist of the weevils (Curculionidae sensu lato) of North America, Central America, and the West Indies (Coleoptera: Curculionidae). Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute 34: 1 - 382" title="Annotated checklist of the weevils (Curculionidae sensu lato) of North America, Central America, and the West Indies (Coleoptera: Curculionidae)" volume="34" year="1982">O'Brien and Wibmer 1982</bibRefCitation>
) and Virginia (
<bibRefCitation author="Hoffman, R. L." journalOrPublisher="Banisteria" pageId="0" pageNumber="85499" pagination="58 - 59" refId="B7636522" refString="Hoffman, R. L., 2003. Heilipus apiatus, a striking large weevil new to the Virginia fauna (Coleoptera: Curculionidae). Banisteria 22: 58 - 59" title="Heilipus apiatus, a striking large weevil new to the Virginia fauna (Coleoptera: Curculionidae)" volume="22" year="2003">Hoffman 2003</bibRefCitation>
). The species was considered rare (
<bibRefCitation author="LeConte, J." journalOrPublisher="Annals of the Lyceum of Natural History of New York" pageId="0" pageNumber="85499" pagination="169 - 173 + pl. XI" refId="B7636792" refString="LeConte, J., 1824. New Coleopterous insects of North America. Annals of the Lyceum of Natural History of New York 1: 169 - 173 + pl. XI" title="New Coleopterous insects of North America" volume="1" year="1824">LeConte 1824</bibRefCitation>
,
<bibRefCitation author="LeConte, J. L." journalOrPublisher="Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society" pageId="0" pageNumber="85499" pagination="i-xvi + 1 - 455" refId="B7636556" refString="LeConte, J. L., Horn, G. H., 1876. The Rhynchophora of America North of Mexico. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society 15 (96): i-xvi + 1 - 455" title="The Rhynchophora of America North of Mexico" volume="15" year="1876">LeConte and Horn 1876</bibRefCitation>
,
<bibRefCitation author="Barber, H. S." journalOrPublisher="Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington" pageId="0" pageNumber="85499" pagination="181 - 183" refId="B7640358" refString="Barber, H. S., 1912. Note on the avocado weevil (Heilipus lauri Boheman). Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 14: 181 - 183" title="Note on the avocado weevil (Heilipus lauri Boheman)" volume="14" year="1912">Barber 1912</bibRefCitation>
) and, apart from specimens from Florida where the species was a pest on avocado, relatively few specimens of this large and distinctive weevil have been collected and deposited in natural history collections.
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In the past 20 years, citizen science initiatives (e.g. BugGuide, iNaturalist) have yielded observations of
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="85499">H. squamosus</emphasis>
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from all States in its previously reported range plus seven additional States, expanding the distribution of this species to the northern and western regions of the United States:
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Alabama, Arkansas (
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), Florida, Georgia, Kansas (
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="85499">new State record</emphasis>
), Kentucky (
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="85499">new State record</emphasis>
), Louisiana (
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="85499">new State record</emphasis>
), Missouri (
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="85499">new State record</emphasis>
), Mississippi, North Carolina, Oklahoma (
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="85499">new State record</emphasis>
), South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas (
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="85499">new State record</emphasis>
) and Virginia (Fig.
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C).
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The biology of
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is still incompletely known. Before it became a pest of non-native avocado in Florida, the published natural history information was limited to a record from &quot;under pine bark&quot; (
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: 141) and from &quot;budding shoots of sassafras&quot; (
<bibRefCitation author="Blatchley, W. S." journalOrPublisher="The Nature Publishing Company, Indianapolis" pageId="0" pageNumber="85499" refId="B7636398" refString="Blatchley, W. S., Leng, C. W., 1916. Rhynchophora or weevils of North Eastern America. The Nature Publishing Company, Indianapolis" title="Rhynchophora or weevils of North Eastern America" year="1916">Blatchley and Leng 1916</bibRefCitation>
: 187). The avocado industry in Florida traces back to the early 20th century, though
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="85499">Persea americana</emphasis>
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Mill. was first brought to and became naturalised in Florida before 1835 (
<bibRefCitation author="Wolfe, H. S." journalOrPublisher="Cooperative Extension Work in Agriculture and Home Economics, Gainesville, Florida" pageId="0" pageNumber="85499" refId="B7636711" refString="Wolfe, H. S., Toy, L. R., Stahl, A. L., 1942. Avocado production in Florida. Cooperative Extension Work in Agriculture and Home Economics, Gainesville, Florida" title="Avocado production in Florida" year="1942">Wolfe et al. 1942</bibRefCitation>
).
<bibRefCitation author="Wolfenbarger, D. O." journalOrPublisher="Proceedings of the Florida State Horticultural Society" pageId="0" pageNumber="85499" pagination="260 - 264" refId="B7636730" refString="Wolfenbarger, D. O., 1948. Heilipus squamosus Lec., a new enemy of the avocado. Proceedings of the Florida State Horticultural Society 61: 260 - 264" title="Heilipus squamosus Lec., a new enemy of the avocado" volume="61" year="1948">Wolfenbarger (1948)</bibRefCitation>
reports the earliest evidence of
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="85499">H. squamosus</emphasis>
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causing damage to avocado to be from the late 1930s and, by the late 1940s, the weevil became &quot;one of the most dangerous pests of the avocado&quot; (
<bibRefCitation author="Wolfe, H. S." journalOrPublisher="Cooperative Extension Work in Agriculture and Home Economics, Gainesville, Florida" pageId="0" pageNumber="85499" refId="B7636722" refString="Wolfe, H. S., Toy, L. R., Stahl, A. L., 1949. Avocado production in Florida. Cooperative Extension Work in Agriculture and Home Economics, Gainesville, Florida" title="Avocado production in Florida" year="1949">Wolfe et al. 1949</bibRefCitation>
). Larvae feed under the bark near ground level and can girdle trees and cause an 8-10% loss of avocado trees in a grove (
<bibRefCitation author="Wolfenbarger, D. O." journalOrPublisher="Proceedings of the Florida State Horticultural Society" pageId="0" pageNumber="85499" pagination="260 - 264" refId="B7636730" refString="Wolfenbarger, D. O., 1948. Heilipus squamosus Lec., a new enemy of the avocado. Proceedings of the Florida State Horticultural Society 61: 260 - 264" title="Heilipus squamosus Lec., a new enemy of the avocado" volume="61" year="1948">Wolfenbarger 1948</bibRefCitation>
). The status of
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="85499">H. squamosus</emphasis>
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as a pest appears to have continued through the 1950s, but the species was rarely observed after (
<bibRefCitation author="Wolfenbarger, D. O." journalOrPublisher="Proceedings of the Florida State Horticultural Society" pageId="0" pageNumber="85499" pagination="318 - 320" refId="B7636748" refString="Wolfenbarger, D. O., 1971. Updating of changes in pests, pesticides and other factors affecting subtropical insect pest control. Proceedings of the Florida State Horticultural Society 84: 318 - 320" title="Updating of changes in pests, pesticides and other factors affecting subtropical insect pest control" volume="84" year="1971">Wolfenbarger 1971</bibRefCitation>
).
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The native hosts for the weevil have been suspected to be other members of the
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, namely
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="85499">Lindera melissifolia</emphasis>
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(Walter) Blume (pondberry),
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(L.) Fernald (pondspice),
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(L.) Spreng. (redbay) and
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="85499">Sassafras albidum</emphasis>
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(Nutt.) Nees (sassafras), though no definitive rearing records are known. Of these species, sassafras is widely distributed throughout the eastern United States; the other three are restricted to coastal plains and swampy areas, with pondberry and pondspice being listed as a federally endangered and threatened species, respectively.
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Adult weevils have been found on pondberry in North Carolina (
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) and on pondspice in Georgia (
<bibRefCitation author="Cameron, R. S." journalOrPublisher="Georgia Forestry Commission." pageId="0" pageNumber="85499" refId="B7636406" refString="Cameron, R. S., Bates, C., Johnson, J., 2008. Distribution and spread of laurel wilt disease in Georgia: 2006-08 Survey and Field Observations. Georgia Forestry Commission." title="Distribution and spread of laurel wilt disease in Georgia: 2006 - 08 Survey and Field Observations" year="2008">Cameron et al. 2008</bibRefCitation>
,
<bibRefCitation author="Fraedrich, S. W." journalOrPublisher="Plant Disease" pageId="0" pageNumber="85499" pagination="1056 - 1062" refId="B7636470" refString="Fraedrich, S. W., Harrington, T. C., Bates, C. A., Johnson, J., Reid, L. S., Best, G. S., Leininger, T. D., Hawkins, T. S., 2011. Susceptibility to laurel wilt and disease incidence in two rare plant species, pondberry and pondspice. Plant Disease 95 (9): 1056 - 1062" title="Susceptibility to laurel wilt and disease incidence in two rare plant species, pondberry and pondspice" volume="95" year="2011">Fraedrich et al. 2011</bibRefCitation>
). An unidentified weevil larva described as being a similar size to the adult
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was found causing feeding damage to the root collar at the base of a pondberry plant in South Carolina (
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). Redbay was suggested as a possible host due to the
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distribution along the East Coast (
<bibRefCitation author="Barber, H. S." journalOrPublisher="Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington" pageId="0" pageNumber="85499" pagination="181 - 183" refId="B7640358" refString="Barber, H. S., 1912. Note on the avocado weevil (Heilipus lauri Boheman). Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 14: 181 - 183" title="Note on the avocado weevil (Heilipus lauri Boheman)" volume="14" year="1912">Barber 1912</bibRefCitation>
,
<bibRefCitation author="Hoffman, R. L." journalOrPublisher="Banisteria" pageId="0" pageNumber="85499" pagination="58 - 59" refId="B7636522" refString="Hoffman, R. L., 2003. Heilipus apiatus, a striking large weevil new to the Virginia fauna (Coleoptera: Curculionidae). Banisteria 22: 58 - 59" title="Heilipus apiatus, a striking large weevil new to the Virginia fauna (Coleoptera: Curculionidae)" volume="22" year="2003">Hoffman 2003</bibRefCitation>
);
<bibRefCitation author="Cameron, R. S." journalOrPublisher="Georgia Forestry Commission." pageId="0" pageNumber="85499" refId="B7636406" refString="Cameron, R. S., Bates, C., Johnson, J., 2008. Distribution and spread of laurel wilt disease in Georgia: 2006-08 Survey and Field Observations. Georgia Forestry Commission." title="Distribution and spread of laurel wilt disease in Georgia: 2006 - 08 Survey and Field Observations" year="2008">Cameron et al. (2008)</bibRefCitation>
observed debarking damage to redbay branches which was noted to be very similar to the damage observed on pondspice branches at a locality in Georgia where
<taxonomicName class="Magnoliopsida" family="Lauraceae" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="H. squamosus" order="Laurales" pageId="0" pageNumber="85499" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="squamosus">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="85499">H. squamosus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
was also found, but no more direct associations are known with redbay. Adult weevils have been collected on sassafras in Tennessee (
<bibRefCitation author="Blatchley, W. S." journalOrPublisher="The Nature Publishing Company, Indianapolis" pageId="0" pageNumber="85499" refId="B7636398" refString="Blatchley, W. S., Leng, C. W., 1916. Rhynchophora or weevils of North Eastern America. The Nature Publishing Company, Indianapolis" title="Rhynchophora or weevils of North Eastern America" year="1916">Blatchley and Leng 1916</bibRefCitation>
) and Alabama [AUMNH].
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="85499">
Additional records:
<bibRefCitation author="Wolfenbarger, D. O." journalOrPublisher="Proceedings of the Florida State Horticultural Society" pageId="0" pageNumber="85499" pagination="260 - 264" refId="B7636730" refString="Wolfenbarger, D. O., 1948. Heilipus squamosus Lec., a new enemy of the avocado. Proceedings of the Florida State Horticultural Society 61: 260 - 264" title="Heilipus squamosus Lec., a new enemy of the avocado" volume="61" year="1948">Wolfenbarger (1948)</bibRefCitation>
reported specimens collected &quot;on cotton, sassafras and Satsuma orange&quot; and, in a subsequent paper (
<bibRefCitation author="Wolfenbarger, D. O." journalOrPublisher="The Florida Entomologist" pageId="0" pageNumber="85499" pagination="139 - 141" refId="B7636739" refString="Wolfenbarger, D. O., 1950. On the distribution of Heilipus squamosos (Lec.) a pest of the avocado. The Florida Entomologist 33 (4): 139 - 141" title="On the distribution of Heilipus squamosos (Lec.) a pest of the avocado" volume="33" year="1950">Wolfenbarger 1950</bibRefCitation>
), he adds
<normalizedToken originalValue="“camphor”">&quot;camphor&quot;</normalizedToken>
to the list. Camphor,
<taxonomicName class="Magnoliopsida" family="Lauraceae" genus="Cinnamomum" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Cinnamomum camphora" order="Laurales" pageId="0" pageNumber="85499" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="camphora">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="85499">Cinnamomum camphora</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(L.) J. Presl, is a non-native species of
<taxonomicName class="Magnoliopsida" family="Lauraceae" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="" order="Laurales" pageId="0" pageNumber="85499" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="family">Lauraceae</taxonomicName>
naturalised in parts of south-eastern United States. No additional records were found indicating an association of
<taxonomicName class="Magnoliopsida" family="Lauraceae" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="H. squamosus" order="Laurales" pageId="0" pageNumber="85499" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="squamosus">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="85499">H. squamosus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. Three specimens have been collected from Isle of Wight Co., Virginia on
<taxonomicName class="Magnoliopsida" family="Ebenaceae" genus="Diospyros" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Diospyros virginiana" order="Ericales" pageId="0" pageNumber="85499" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="virginiana">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="85499">Diospyros virginiana</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
L. (wild persimmon;
<taxonomicName class="Magnoliopsida" family="Ebenaceae" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="" order="Ericales" pageId="0" pageNumber="85499" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="family">Ebenaceae</taxonomicName>
) (CMNC; Art Evans,
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="85499">pers. comm</emphasis>
.). One specimen from Spotsylvania Co., Virginia was photographed &quot;on dogbane hemp&quot;,
<taxonomicName class="Magnoliopsida" family="Apocynaceae" genus="Apocynum" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Apocynum cannabinum" order="Gentianales" pageId="0" pageNumber="85499" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="cannabinum">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="85499">Apocynum cannabinum</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
L. (
<taxonomicName authorityName="Linnaeus" authorityYear="1753" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Apocynaceae" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="" order="Gentianales" pageId="0" pageNumber="85499" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="family">Apocynaceae</taxonomicName>
) (iNaturalist, BugGuide).
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