Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Orange coloured Weevil

Posted by Roger Thomason on 18-03-2009 15:10
#1
Found this little weevil on a fencing post, next to the beach about 50m from my house. Can anyone give it a name? Size 3-4mm.
Edited by Roger Thomason on 18-03-2009 16:00

Posted by Paul Beuk on 18-03-2009 15:25
#2
Apion s.l.

Posted by Roger Thomason on 18-03-2009 15:57
#3
Thanks Paul...I found a photo of Apion frumentarium which looks the same and is on my Checklist. The other Apion sp. on my list are A.cruentatum and A.haematodes
Regards Roger

Posted by John Bratton on 19-03-2009 18:38
#4
I think there have been some complicated taxonomic / nomenclatural changes in these red Apions in the last couple of decades, so tread carefully. The 2008 beetle checklist on the Coleopterist website might help, or at least demonstrate the problem.

Posted by Roger Thomason on 20-03-2009 20:19
#5
Hi John
Thanks for the info...this one will stay as Apion sp. till I get a confirmation to the contrary, or somethingFrown.
Regards Roger