Interesting Facts
Common Names
Common Names in English:
Weevil, Large Spruce Weevil, Large Spruce Weevil*
Taxonomy
- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
)
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- animals
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
)
- (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
- Branch:
Protostomia
(
)
- Grobben, 1908
- Infrakingdom:
Ecdysozoa
(
)
- A.M.A. Aguinaldo et al., 1997 ex T. Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Superphylum:
Panarthropoda
(
)
- Cuvier
- Phylum:
Arthropoda
(
)
- Latreille, 1829
- Arthropods
- Subphylum:
Mandibulata
(
)
- Snodgrass, 1938
- Infraphylum:
Atelocerata
(
)
- Heymons, 1901
- Superclass:
Panhexapoda
(
)
- Epiclass:
Hexapoda
(
)
- Subclass:
Dicondylia
(
)
- Infraclass:
Pterygota
(
)
- Order:
Coleoptera
(
)
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- Suborder:
Polyphaga
(
)
- Emery, 1886
- a genus of Blister Beetles (Meloidae)
- Infraorder:
Cucujiformia
(
)
- Superfamily:
Curculionoidea
(
)
- Family:
Curculionidae
(
)
- Latreille, 1802
- Subfamily:
Hylobiinae
(
)
- Genus:
Hylobius
(
)
- Germar, 1817
- Specific name:
piceus
- Reitter, E., 1891
- Scientific name: - Hylobius piceus Reitter, E., 1891
- Specific name:
piceus
- Reitter, E., 1891
- Genus:
Hylobius
(
- Subfamily:
Hylobiinae
(
- Family:
Curculionidae
(
- Superfamily:
Curculionoidea
(
- Infraorder:
Cucujiformia
(
- Suborder:
Polyphaga
(
- Order:
Coleoptera
(
- Infraclass:
Pterygota
(
- Subclass:
Dicondylia
(
- Epiclass:
Hexapoda
(
- Superclass:
Panhexapoda
(
- Infraphylum:
Atelocerata
(
- Subphylum:
Mandibulata
(
- Phylum:
Arthropoda
(
- Superphylum:
Panarthropoda
(
- Infrakingdom:
Ecdysozoa
(
- Branch:
Protostomia
(
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
Notes
Name
Status: Accepted Name
.
Comment: Confidence Level 1:data from secondary source only
Last scrutiny: 2004-2006
Similar Species
Members of the genus Hylobius
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 8 species and subspecies in this genus:
H. abietis (Large Brown Trunk Beetle) · H. aliradicis (Southern Pine Root Weevil) · H. pales (Pales Weevil) · H. piceus (Weevil) · H. pinicola (Couper Collar Weevil) · H. radicis (Pine Root Collar Weevil) · H. transversovittatus (Root-Boring Weevil) · H. warreni (Warren's Collar Weevil)
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Further Reading
- A manual of dangerous insects likely to be introduced in the United States through importations. Ed. by W. Dwight Pierce, entomologist, southern field crop insect investigations. Washington: Govt. print. off., 1918. url p. 68, p. 68.
- Bulletin of miscellaneous information /Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 1922 London: H.M. Stationery Office, 1900-1941. url p. 96.
- Forests and forestry of northern Russia and lands beyond / comp. by John Croumbie Brown. Edinburgh, Oliver and Boyd; [etc., etc.]1884- url p. 260.
- Keys to the insects of the European USSR. (Opredelitel nasekomykh Evropeiskoi chasti SSSR) Compiled by G. Ya. Bei-Bienko [and others] Editorial board: B.E. Bykhovskii [and others] Translated from Russian [by] Jean Salkind. Edited by O. Theodor] Jerusalem: Israel Program for Scientific Translations; [available from U.S. Dept. of Commerce, Clearinghouse for Federal Scientific and Technical Information, Springfield, Va.], 1967- url p. 222, p. 251, p. 252.
- Transactions of the American Entomological Society Philadelphia: The Society, 1890- url p. 404.
- Works on forestry [by] J.C. Brown. Edinburgh, Oliver and Boyd; [etc., etc.]1883-87. url p. 260.
Notes
Contributors
- Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 10, 2012.
- Electronic Catalogue of Weevil names (Curculionoidea)Aug 9, 2006.
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed February 27, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 3 providers.
- Ruggiero M., Gordon D., Bailly N., Kirk P., Nicolson D. (2011). The Catalogue of Life Taxonomic Classification, Edition 2, Part A. In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist (Bisby F.A., Roskov Y.R., Orrell T.M., Nicolson D., Paglinawan L.E., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., Baillargeon G., Ouvrard D., eds). DVD; Species 2000: Reading, UK.
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal February 27, 2008:
- Biologiezentrum der Oberoesterreichischen Landesmuseen: Biologiezentrum Linz
- GBIF-Sweden: Bugs (GBIF-SE:Artdatabanken)
- SysTax
- SysTax: Lobbecke Museum Dusseldorf
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2925540
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: Wtx-66269
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 14611008
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 619443
