Romualdius scaber

Romualdius scaber, known generally as the crusted root weevil or crusted grass weevil, is a species of broad-nosed weevil in the beetle family Curculionidae.[2] It is found in Europe and North America.[3]

Crusted root weevil, Romualdius scaber

Romualdius scaber
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Curculionidae
Genus: Romualdius
Species:
R. scaber
Binomial name
Romualdius scaber
(Linnaeus, 1758)
Synonyms[1]
  • Trachyphloeus davisi Blatchley, 1916
  • Trachyphloeus bifoveolatus (Beck, 1817)

Nomenclature

The species was first described, as Curculio scaber, by Carl Linnaeus in 1758. Linnaeus' description was sketchy, and for a long time was thought to refer to the species now known as Otiorhynchus carinatopunctatus, with the present species referred to bifoveolatus Beck. This misunderstanding was corrected by Löbl & Smetana (2013).

While it was known as bifoveolatus, the species was designated by Roman Borovec (2009) as the type of his new genus Romualdius.[4]

References
  1. "Romualdius scaber". BioLib. Retrieved 2021-03-28.
  2. "Romualdius scaber Species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-05-01.
  3. "Romualdius scaber (Linnaeus, 1758)". Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 2021-03-28.
  4. Borovec, Roman (2009). "Revision of the Palaearctic supraspecific taxa of the tribe Trachyphloeini (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Entiminae)". Klapalekiana. 45: 1–97.

Further reading
  • Lobl, I.; Smetana, A., eds. (2013). Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 7: Curculionoidea I. Apollo Books. ISBN 978-90-04-26093-1.
  • Lobl, I.; Smetana, A., eds. (2013). Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 8: Curculionoidea II. Apollo Books. ISBN 978-90-04-25916-4.


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