Auleutes epilobii ( Paykull, 1800 )

Yoshitake, Hiraku & Anderson, Robert S., 2015, A Review Of The Genus Orchestomerus Dietz (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Ceutorhynchinae: Cnemogonini) Of The Usa, The Coleopterists Bulletin 69 (4), pp. 565-578 : 577-578

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scientific name

Auleutes epilobii ( Paykull, 1800 )
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Auleutes epilobii ( Paykull, 1800) View in CoL ( Figs. 41–43 View Figs )

Curculio epilobii Paykull 1800: 259 (type locality: Sweden).

Orchestomerus ulkei Dietz 1896: 413 View in CoL (type locality: “ Hab. – New York.”). New synonymy.

Auleutes epilobii: Korotyaev 2012: 401 View in CoL (in key).

See Colonnelli (2004) for further synonyms.

Identification. See Korotyaev (2012) for identification of this species.

43) Data labels.

Type Material. Holotype of Orchestomerus ulkei Dietz ( Figs. 1–3 View Figs ): male ( CMNH), “ N. Y ” (typed on white card); (red square card); “ Henry Ulke / Beetle Coll / CMNH Acc. / No. 1645 ” (handwritten on green mesh card); “ Orchesto / merus / ulkei Diez / type ” (hand-written on white card). Holotype of Curculio epilobii Paykull not examined, repository unknown ( Colonnelli 1993).

Material Examined. CANADA: ALBERTA. Peace River Regional District, Running Lake Campground, 20km north of Worseley , 4. vii. 1984 , V. Adamski and A. Finnamore (1 male, CMNC [ CNC COLEOPT #04-5307 ]). Wandering River Campground, 5–7. vi. 1985 , C. and A. v. Nidek (1 female, CMNC [ CNC COLEOPT #04-5314 ]) . ONTARIO. Kirkland Lake , 25. vi. 1980 , J. Cashaback (1 female, CMNC [ CNC COLEOPT #04-5312 ]) . QUÉBEC. Sherrington, 20. vi. 1990 , S. Côté (1 male, 1 female, CMNC [ CNC COLEOPT #04-5308 , # 04-5309 View Materials ]). Sainte-Clotilde: 28. vi. 1990 , S. Côté (1 female, CMNC [ CNC COLEOPT #04-5310 ]); 20.vi.1990 , S. Côté (1 male, CMNC [ CNC COLEOPT #04-5311 ]) . YUKON TERRITORY. Dawson City Airport, R. J. Cannings, 6. vi. 1980 (1 male, CMNC [ CNC COLEOPT #04-5313 ]) .

Distribution. Holarctic (Palearctic Region: Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Mongolia, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Romania, Russia, Slovakia, Sweden, Switzerland, Ukraine; Nearctic Region: Canada and USA) ( Colonnelli 2004).

Natural History. This species is associated with Chamerion angustifolium (L.) Holub and Ludwigia octovalvis (Jacq.) Raven (Onagraceae) ( Colonnelli 2004).

Colonnelli, E. 1993. The Ceutorhynchinae types of I. C. Fabricius and G. von Paykull (Coleoptera: Curculionidae). Koleopterologische Rundschau 63: 299 - 310.

Colonnelli, E. 2004. Catalogue of Ceutorhynchinae of the World, with a Key to Genera (Insecta: Coleoptera: Curculionidae). Argania editio, Barcelona, Spain.

Dietz, W. G. 1896. Revision of the genera and species of Ceutorhynchini inhabiting North America. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 23 (4): 387 - 480.

Korotyaev, B. A. 2012. A new species of the weevil genus Auleutes Dietz (Coleoptera, Curculionidae: Ceutorhynchinae) from the U. S. A. Entomologicheskoe Obozrenie 91 (4): 839 - 845. (In Russian, with English title.)

Paykull, G. von. 1800. Fauna suecica. Insecta. (Coleoptera). Tom. 3. Upsala, Sweden.

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Figs. 41–43. Holotype of Orchestomerus ulkei (= Auleutes epilobii). 41) Dorsal habitus; 42) Lateral habitus;

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Figs. 1–8. Orchestomerus species,habitus.1–2) O. wickhami, male; 3–4) O. eisemani, holotype male; 5–6) O. marionis, male; 7–8) O. whiteheadi, male.

CMNH

The Cleveland Museum of Natural History

N

Nanjing University

Y

Yale University

CNC

Canadian National Collection of Insects, Arachnids, and Nematodes

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Coleoptera

Family

Curculionidae

Genus

Auleutes