Otiorhynchus carinatopunctatus

Otiorhynchus carinatopunctatus is a species of broad-nosed weevil in the beetle family Curculionidae.[1][2] It is native to Europe and introduced in North America.[1]

Otiorhynchus carinatopunctatus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Family: Curculionidae
Genus: Otiorhynchus
Species:
O. carinatopunctatus
Binomial name
Otiorhynchus carinatopunctatus
(Retzius, 1783)

Nomenclature

This species was wrongly identified with Curculio scaber Linnaeus, 1758 from 1898 on. When reinspected, types proved not identical with this species at all, but to the species then known as Trachyphloeus bifoveolatus.[2]

References
  1. "Otiorhynchus carinatopunctatus Report". Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 2021-03-31.
  2. "Otiorhynchus carinatopunctatus Species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2021-03-31.

Further reading
  • Lobl, I.; Smetana, A., eds. (2013). Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 7: Curculionoidea I. Apollo Books. ISBN 978-90-04-26093-1.
  • Lobl, I.; Smetana, A., eds. (2013). Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 8: Curculionoidea II. Apollo Books. ISBN 978-90-04-25916-4.


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