Ceutorhynchus carteri

Ceutorhynchus carteri
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Infraorder:	Cucujiformia
Family:	Curculionidae
Genus:	Ceutorhynchus
Species:	C. carteri
Binomial name
	Ceutorhynchus carteri; W.J. Brown, 1931[1]

Ceutorhynchus carteri is a weevil of the genus Ceutorhynchus. It is endemic to the province of Alberta in Canada. It is 2.2 mm long and 1.1 mm wide with a black prothorax and venter and a piceous elytra covered in white scales, as is the venter and piceous antennas, which are segmented. The femur is black with white hairs, and the antennas are segmented and piceous in colour.[2] The species was described from a single specimen from the city of Brooks, which was collected from alfalfa leaves in June 1923.

References

Brown, W. J. (May 1931). "NEW SPECIES OF COLEOPTERA (II)*". The Canadian Entomologist. 63 (5): 115–122. doi:10.4039/Ent63115-5. S2CID 84541703. Retrieved 14 January 2023.
Scheibner, Rudolph Arthur (1963). "A taxonomic study of the genus Ceutorhynchus (Coleoptera, Curculionidae)". Retrieved 14 January 2023. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)

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[1] Brown, W. J. (May 1931). "NEW SPECIES OF COLEOPTERA (II)*". The Canadian Entomologist. 63 (5): 115–122. doi:10.4039/Ent63115-5. S2CID 84541703. Retrieved 14 January 2023.

[2] Scheibner, Rudolph Arthur (1963). "A taxonomic study of the genus Ceutorhynchus (Coleoptera, Curculionidae)". Retrieved 14 January 2023. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)