Rhoptobaris scolopax

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Rhoptobaris scolopax
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Family: Curculionidae
Genus: Rhoptobaris
Species:
R. scolopax
Binomial name
Rhoptobaris scolopax
(Say, 1832)
Synonyms
  • Orthoris angustula Casey, 1920
  • Orthoris captiosa Casey, 1920
  • Orthoris crotchii LeConte, 1876
  • Orthoris robustula Casey, 1920
  • Orthoris tenuirostris Casey, 1920
  • Orthoris tumidirostris Casey, 1920

Rhoptobaris scolopax is a North American species of flower weevil in the beetle family Curculionidae. Because the type specimen once was considered lost, authors erroneously applied the name to a species of Aulobaris.[1]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Prena (2012). "A Review of Rhoptobaris LeConte (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Baridinae) from North and Central America". Coleopterists Bulletin. 66 (3): 233–244. doi:10.1649/072.066.0309. S2CID 84802933.