Rhoptobaris scolopax

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]

Rhoptobaris scolopax
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
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

References
  1. Prena (2012). "A Review of Rhoptobaris LeConte (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Baridinae) from North and Central America". Coleopterists Bulletin. 66: 233–244.


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