Archarius pyrrhoceras

Archarius pyrrhoceras is a species of weevil native to Europe.[2][3][4] The weevils are inquilines as larvae, living in galls of Cynipidae wasps formed on oak trees. [5]

Archarius pyrrhoceras
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Family: Curculionidae
Genus: Archarius
Species:
A. pyrrhoceras
Binomial name
Archarius pyrrhoceras

References

  1. Entomologia Britannica, sistens Insecta Britanniae indigena secundum Linneum deposita. Coleoptera., 1802.
  2. Fauna Europaea
  3. Morris, M.G. (2012) True Weevils. (Coleoptera: Curculioninae, Baridinae, Oroitidinae). Part III. Royal Entomological Society of London Handbook 5 (17d).
  4. Hoffmann, A. (1950, 1954, 1958) Coléoptères curculionides. Parties I, II, III. Paris: Éditions Faune de France. Bibliothèque virtuelle numérique pdfs
  5. Legalov, A. A. (August 2011). "Basic features of the nemoral curculionid-beetle fauna (Coleoptera, Curculionoidea) from eastern Europe and western Siberia". Biology Bulletin. 38 (4): 412–415. doi:10.1134/S106235901104008X.


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