Conotrachelus aratus

Conotrachelus aratus

Unranked (NatureServe)[1]
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Family: Curculionidae
Genus: Conotrachelus
Species:
C. aratus
Binomial name
Conotrachelus aratus
(Germar, 1824)
Synonyms[2]

Cryptorhynchus aratus Germar 1824

Conotrachelus aratus, the hickory shoot curculio[2] or ploughed pure weevil,[1] is a species of snout or bark beetle in the family Curculionidae.[1][2][3][4] It occurs in the United States east of Texas and Kansas[2] and in Quebec, Canada.[1] It is associated with Carya species.[2]

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Conotrachelus aratus Ploughed Pure Weevil". NatureServe. 3 January 2025. Retrieved 5 January 2025.
  2. ^ a b c d e "Species Conotrachelus aratus - Hickory Shoot Curculio". bugguide.net. Retrieved 5 January 2025.
  3. ^ "Conotrachelus aratus (Germar, 1824)". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 5 January 2025.
  4. ^ "Conotrachelus aratus Boh. in Schoenh., 1845". Catalogue of Life. Species 2000: Leiden, the Netherlands. Retrieved 5 January 2025.

Further reading

  • Alonso-Zarazaga, Miguel A.; Lyal, Christopher H.C. (1999). A World Catalogue of Families and Genera of Curculionoidea (Insecta: Coleoptera) (Excepting Scotylidae and Platypodidae). Entomopraxis. ISBN 84-605-9994-9.
  • Arnett, R.H. Jr.; Thomas, M. C.; Skelley, P. E.; Frank, J. H., eds. (2002). American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea. CRC Press. ISBN 978-0849309540.
  • LeConte, J.L. (1861). Classification of the Coleoptera of North America. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections. Vol. 3. Smithsonian Institution. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.38459. ISBN 0665100558. {{cite book}}: ISBN / Date incompatibility (help)
  • O'Brien, Charles W.; Wibmer, Guillermo J. (1982). "Annotated checklist of the weevils (Curculionidae sensu lato) of North America, Central America, and the West Indies (Coleoptera: Curculionoidea)". Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute (34).
  • White, Richard E. (1998) [1983]. A Field Guide to the Beetles of North America (Peterson Field Guides). Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. ISBN 0395910897.