Interesting Facts
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Common Names
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Common Names in English:
Vegetable Weevil
Description
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Habitat
Typically found at an altitude of 0 to 614 meters (0 to 2,014 feet).[1]
Taxonomy
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- 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
- Genus:
Listroderes
()
- Schönherr, 1826
- Specific name:
costirostris
- Schoenherr, 1823
- Scientific name: - Listroderes costirostris Schoenherr, 1823
- Specific name:
costirostris
- Schoenherr, 1823
- Genus:
Listroderes
(
- 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
(
Synonyms
Desiantha nociva Lea • Desiantha novica French • Listroderes costirostris Sch önherr • Listroderes difficilis Germain • Listroderes hypocritus Hustache • Listroderes obliquus Klug • Listroderes vicinus Hustache
Notes
Name
Status: Accepted Name
.
Comment: Confidence Level 1:data from secondary source only
Last scrutiny: 2004-2006
Similar Species
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Members of the genus Listroderes
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 2 species and subspecies in this genus:
L. costirostris (Vegetable Weevil) · L. difficilis (Vegetable Weevil)
More Info
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Further Reading
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- Bulletin - United States National Museum. Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press, [etc.];1877-1971. url p. 16.
- Cooperative economic insect report. Hyattsville, MD. [etc.]Plant Protection and Quarantine Programs Animal and Plant Health Service. url p. 1120, p. 12, p. 16, p. 208, p. 323, p. 332, p. 437, p. 47, p. 520, p. 576, p. 66.
- Insects and other pests attacking agricultural corps / Berkeley, Calif.: College of Agriculture, University of California, 1934. url .
- List of intercepted plant pests / United States Department of Agriculture, Plant Quarantine and Control Administration. [Washington, D.C.: U.S. G.P.O.], 1932- url p. 36.
- Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington. Washington, etc.: Entomological Society of Washington url p. 204, p. 205, p. 206.
- The Annals and magazine of natural history; zoology, botany, and geology being a continuation of the Annals combined with Loudon and Charlesworth's Magazine of Natural History. London, Taylor and Francis, Ltd. url p. 218, p. 219, p. 52, p. 52.
- The University of Kansas science bulletin. 26 1939 [Lawrence]: University of Kansas, 1902-1996. url p. 228.
Notes
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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 16, 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 2 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:
- Australian National Insect Collection, CSIRO Entomology: Australian National Insect Collection
- Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History: California Beetle Project
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2609881
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: Wtx-2683
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 187913
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 409232
Footnotes
- Mean = 239.900 meters (787.073 feet), Standard Deviation = 207.220 based on 107 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]
