1. PaDIL Species Factsheet

Scientific Name: sp. (Coleoptera: : : Litosomini)

Common Name Live link: http://www.padil.gov.au/maf-border/Pest/Main/140321

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MPI (Ministry for Primary Industries) http://www.biosecurity.govt.nz/ 2. Species Information

2.1. Details Specimen Contact: MAF Plant Health & Environment Laboratory - [email protected] Author: MAF Plant Health & Environment Laboratory Citation: MAF Plant Health & Environment Laboratory (2011) Weevil(Sitophilus sp.)Updated on 5/2/2014 Available online: PaDIL - http://www.padil.gov.au Image Use: Free for use under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY- NC 4.0)

2.2. URL Live link: http://www.padil.gov.au/maf-border/Pest/Main/140321

2.3. Facets Groups: Commodity Overview: Horticulture Commodity Type: Coconut, 1 Other, Banana, Fabaceous produce, Yam, Stored product Status: NZ - Exotic Pest Status: 0 Unknown Distribution: 0 Unknown Host Family: 0 Unknown

2.4. Other Names Curculionid Curculios Snout Beetles

2.5. Diagnostic Notes **Adult**

Small, narrow, elongate. Total body length less than 5 mm. Brown or piceous. Body lacking surface deposit. Rostrum shorter than pronotum, straight cylindrical. Antenna with funicle of 6 articles; antennal club not compressed, elongate-oval; antenna with scape projected at least past anterior margin of eye. Epimera of mesothorax transverse, acute at outer end, and intervening between base of pronotum and humeri. Front part of last dorsal segment of abdomen channeled for reception of sutural edge of elytra. Tibiae (especially front) with distinct subapical tooth on inner margin in addition to larger apical tooth. Pygydium exposed at apex of elytra.

**References**

- Anderson, R.S. (2002). Curculionidae. In: Arnett, R.H., Jr. Thomas, M.C., Skelley, P.E. & Frank, J.H. (eds), _American Beetles: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea_. Vol. 2. CRC Press, Boca Raton, Florida, pp. 722-815.

- Downie, N.M. & Arnett, R.H., Jr. (1996). _The beetles of Northeastern North America_, Vols. 1 & 2. The Sandhill Crane Press, Gainesville, Florida, 1720 pp.

2.6. References - Anderson, R.S. (2002). Curculionidae. In: Arnett, R.H., Jr. Thomas, M.C., Skelley, P.E. & Frank, J.H. (eds), _American Beetles: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea_. Vol. 2. CRC Press, Boca Raton, Florida, pp. 722-815. - Downie, N.M. & Arnett, R.H., Jr. (1996). _The beetles of Northeastern North America_, Vols. 1 & 2. The Sandhill Crane Press, Gainesville, Florida, 1720 pp. 3. Diagnostic Images

COL148 COL148 Dorsal - Adult: Caroline Harding MAF Head Oblique - Adult: Caroline Harding MAF

COL148 COL148 Lateral - Adult: Caroline Harding MAF Post Oblique - Adult: Caroline Harding MAF

COL148 COL148 Pronotum - Adult: Caroline Harding MAF Ventral - Adult: Caroline Harding MAF

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