Biology:Romualdius scaber

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Short description: Species of beetle

Romualdius scaber
Trachyphloeus bifoveolatus 01.JPG
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Family: Curculionidae
Genus: Romualdius
Species:
R. scaber
Binomial name
Romualdius scaber
(Linnaeus, 1758)
Synonyms[1]
  • Trachyphloeus davisi Blatchley, 1916
  • (Beck, 1817) Trachyphloeus bifoveolatus

Romualdius scaber, known generally as the crusted root weevil or crusted grass weevil, is a species of broad-nosed weevil in the beetle family Curculionidae.[2] It is found in Europe and North America.[3]

Crusted root weevil, Romualdius scaber

Nomenclature

The species was first described, as Curculio scaber, by Carl Linnaeus in 1758. Linnaeus' description was sketchy, and for a long time was thought to refer to the species now known as Otiorhynchus carinatopunctatus, with the present species referred to bifoveolatus Beck. This misunderstanding was corrected by Löbl & Smetana (2013).

While it was known as bifoveolatus, the species was designated by Roman Borovec (2009) as the type of his new genus Romualdius.[4]

References

Further reading

  • Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 7: Curculionoidea I. Apollo Books. 2013. ISBN 978-90-04-26093-1. 
  • Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 8: Curculionoidea II. Apollo Books. 2013. ISBN 978-90-04-25916-4. 

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q106247291 entry