Black-legged bristle weevil

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Black-legged bristle weevil
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Black- legged bristle weevil ( Gymnetron stimulosum )

Systematics
Order : Beetle (Coleoptera)
Family : Weevil (Curculionidae)
Subfamily : Curculioninae
Tribe : Mecinini
Genre : Gymnetron
Type : Black-legged bristle weevil
Scientific name
Gymnetron stimulosum
( Germar , 1821)

The black- legged bristle weevil ( Gymnetron stimulosum ) is a beetle from the family of weevils (Curculionidae).

features

The beetles are 1.5 to 2.3 millimeters long. Your body is black. They have an elongated oval shape. The antennae, with the exception of the antennae flagella, and the basal end of the tibia are reddish in color. The pronotum and elytra have protruding white to gray-brown hairs. There are three reddish-brown longitudinal spots on the fall of the wing-coverts, which unite at the tip.

distribution

The distribution area of ​​the beetle species extends over Central and Western Europe. It extends in the east to the Caucasus .

Way of life

The beetles are particularly observed in June and July. Individual sightings extend into the second half of October. The host plants of the beetle species are the field speedwell ( Veronica arvensis ) and the three-part speedwell ( Veronica triphyllos ).

Taxonomy

The first description of the species comes from Ernst Friedrich Germar from 1821, who described it as Cionus stimulosum Germar , 1821. This term is now as synonymous viewed

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e Arved Lompe: Gymnetron determination table . coleonet.de. Retrieved January 4, 2020.
  2. ↑ Gymnetron stimulosum . bladmineerders.nl. Retrieved January 4, 2020.
  3. ↑ Gymnetron stimulosum at Fauna Europaea. Retrieved January 4, 2020

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