Romualdius scaber

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Romualdius scaber
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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
  • Trachyphloeus bifoveolatus (Beck, 1817)

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]

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Crusted root weevil, Romualdius scaber Trachyphloeus bifoveolatus 02.JPG
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]

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References

  1. "Romualdius scaber". BioLib. Retrieved 2021-03-28.
  2. "Romualdius scaber Species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-05-01.
  3. "Romualdius scaber (Linnaeus, 1758)". Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 2021-03-28.
  4. Borovec, Roman (2009). "Revision of the Palaearctic supraspecific taxa of the tribe Trachyphloeini (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Entiminae)". Klapalekiana. 45: 1–97.

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