Protapion fulvipes

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Protapion fulvipes
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Protapion fulvipes

Systematics
Superfamily : Curculionoidea
Family : Long beetle (Brentidae)
Subfamily : Apioninae
Tribe : Piezotrachelini
Genre : Protapion
Type : Protapion fulvipes
Scientific name
Protapion fulvipes
( Geoffroy in Fourcroy , 1785)
Protapion fulvipes on a stem, 46s

Protapion fulvipes is a beetle from the family of Brentidae , subfamily Apioninae that in the relationship of the weevil belongs.

features

The beetles reach a body length of 1.8 to 2.2 millimeters. Their long oval body is shiny black. The sensor elements are wider toward the spindle-shaped probe club. The antenna whip is only colored yellow in the basal area. In males, the antennae are halfway along the trunk (rostrum), in females they are behind the middle of the trunk. The pronotum is wider than the head. It is dense and strongly punctured. At the rear it has a clear central groove. Rows of dots run lengthways across the wing covers . The legs are predominantly colored yellow. Only the apical end of the tibia and the tarsi are black.

distribution

Protapion fulvipes occurs in the Palearctic . The species is widespread in Europe. It is common everywhere in Central Europe. Their occurrence extends to North Africa and the Middle East.

Way of life

The beetles can be seen from March to September. They feed oligophagous on different types of clover . The females lay their eggs from April / May. The larvae hatch after about 10 days. The larvae develop in the inflorescences of white clover ( Trifolium repens ), Swedish clover ( Trifolium hybridum ) and bog clover ( Trifolium spadiceum ). They can act as seed pests. After about 20 days the larvae pupate and after another 10 days the adults of the new generation appear. In late autumn, the beetles gather on trees and bushes before they hibernate under the leaves.

Taxonomy

The following synonyms can be found in the literature :

  • Apion apicirostre Desbrochers , 1895
  • Apion bergrothi Desbrochers , 1895
  • Apion coxale Desbrochers , 1895
  • Apion dichroum Bedel , 1886
  • Apion flavipes ( Paykull , 1792)
  • Apion fulvipes ( Fourcroy , 1785)
  • Apion maculicoxis Desbrochers , 1897
  • Curculio flavipes Paykull , 1792
  • Rhinomacer fulvipes Geoffroy , 1785 - original name combination

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d Arved Lompe: Protapion determination table . www.coleo-net.de. Retrieved September 8, 2018.
  2. ↑ a b Karel Hůrka: Brouci České a Slovenské Republiky / Beetles of the Czech and Slovak Republics . Kabourek, Zlin 2005, ISBN 80-86447-11-1 , p. 263 (German, Czech).
  3. ↑ a b c d e f Heinz Freude , Karl Wilhelm Harde , Gustav Adolf Lohse (ed.): Die Käfer Mitteleuropas . tape  10 : Bruchidae – Curculionidae 1 . Goecke & Evers , Krefeld 1981, ISBN 3-87263-029-6 , pp. 179 .
  4. ↑ White Clover Seed Weevil Protapion fulvipes . www.naturespot.org.uk. Retrieved September 8, 2018.
  5. ↑ a b c Protapion fulvipes in Fauna Europaea. Retrieved September 8, 2018
  6. ↑ a b c Protapion fulvipes (Geoffroy in Fourcroy, 1785) . UK Beetles. Retrieved September 8, 2018.
  7. ↑ Protapion fulvipes . www.biolib.cz. Retrieved September 8, 2018.

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