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Proposal Form for new Common Name or Change of ESA-Approved Common Name

Complete this form and send or e-mail to the above address. Submissions will not be considered unless this form is filled out completely.

The proposer is expected to be familiar with the rules, recommendations, and procedures outlined in the “Use and Submission of Common Names” on the ESA website and with the discussion by A.B. Gurney, 1953, Journal of Economic Entomology 46:207-211.

1. Proposed new common name:

2. Previously approved common name (if any): none

3. Scientific name (genus, species, author): Listronotus maculicollis (Kirby) Order: Coleoptera Family:

Supporting Information

4. Reasons supporting the need for the proposed common name: This is an important turfgrass pest in much of the eastern United States. Although turfgrass entomologists have used the common name 'annual bluegrass weevil' since at least the 1990s, the name has not yet been formalized, which this proposal seeks to address.

5. Stage or characteristic to which the proposed common name refers:

L. maculicollis prefers annual bluegrass () as its host and it is particularly destructive to this grass species.

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6. Distribution (include references): Anderson (1997) lists the species as “widespread in ” and “adults have been collected in various wetland habitats such as marshes and lake margins”. Majka et al. (2007) list it as 'Recorded in Canada from the Yukon, British Columbia, Alberta, and Quebec, broadly distributed throughout the United States south to Mexico' and report it from Nova Scotia. However, the species only has been studied in any kind of detail from short mown turfgrass habitats where its known as a pest primarily of short mown areas on golf courses (fairways, tees, putting greens) and occasionally also of turf-based tennis courts. As a pest of short mown turfgrass it is now reported from Quebec, Ontario, Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland, West Virginia, Virginia, and North Carolina.

Anderson R.S. (1997). Weevils (Coleoptera: Curculionoidea, Excluding Scolytinae and Platypodinae) of the Yukon. In: of the Yukon. Biological Survey of Canada (Terrestrial ) (H.V Danks & J.A. Downes, Eds.), pp. 523-562. Ottawa, Canada. Majka C.G., Anderson R.S., McCorquodale D.B. (2007). The weevil (Coleoptera; Curculionidae) of the maritime provinces of Canada, II: new records from Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island and regional zoogeography. Canadian Entomologist 139, 397-442.

7. Principal hosts (include references): Annual bluegrass, Poa annua L. Creeping bentgrass, stolonifera L.

8. References containing previous use of the proposed common name: Vittum P.J. (1995). Annual bluegrass weevil. In: Handbook of Turfgrass Insect Pests (R.L. Brandenburg & M.G. Villani, Eds.), pp. 21-23. Entomological Society of America, Lanham, MD. Potter D.A. (1998). Destructive Turfgrass Insects: Biology, Diagnosis, and Control. Ann Arbor Press, Chelsea, MI. Vittum P.J., Villani M.G., Tashiro H. (1999). Turfgrass Insects of the United States and Canada, 2nd edn. Cornell University Press, Ithaca, NY. Vittum P.J. (2012). Annual bluegrass weevil. In: Handbook of Turfgrass Insect Pests, 2nd edn. (R.L. Brandenburg & C.P. Freeman, Eds.), pp. 9-11. Entomological Society of America, Lanham, MD.

9. References using common names (give names) other than that proposed: There has not been and still is no disagreement among turfgrass entomologists on the use of this common name. Practitioners sometimes still refer to it as the 'Hyperodes weevil' or 'Hypes', but this name has inappropriate since the species was transferred from the genus Hyperodes to the genus Listronotus.

10. Other insects or organisms to which the proposed common name might apply: None.

11. Steps you have taken to consult with other workers who are familiar with the insect or organism as to suitability of and need for the proposed common name: As can be seen in the above referenced major text books and handbook for turfgrass entomology, the name annual bluegrass weevil has been used consistently by turfgrass entomologist since at least the 1990s.

Proposed by: Albrecht M. Koppenhöfer1 & Benjamin A. McGraw2

Address: 1Department of Entomology, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ 08901; 2 Department of Plant Sciences, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802

E-mail: 1 [email protected]; 2 [email protected]

Phone: 1 (848) 932-9324; 2 (814) 865-1138

Fax: 1 (732) 932-9751; 2 (814) 863-7043

Date submitted: November 25, 2014