Romualdius scaber

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Romualdius scaber
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
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

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

  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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