Sphenophorus brunnipennis

Sphenophorus brunnipennis
	(female)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Family:	Curculionidae
Genus:	Sphenophorus
Species:	S. brunnipennis
Binomial name
	Sphenophorus brunnipennis; (Germar, 1824)

Sphenophorus brunnipennis (common name - La Plata weevil)[1] is a beetle in the Dryophthoridae family.[1]

It was first described by Ernst Friedrich Germar in 1824 as Calandra brunnipennis.[2][3] He describes it as living in Buenos Aires.[3]

S. brunipennis arrived in Australia from South America, and was found to have been established in Perth and Brisbane by the 1920s, and it appears to be spreading.[4] It has also been introduced into New Zealand.[5]

Habitat

The larvae of S. brunipennis feed on the roots of sedges and grasses.[4]

References

Ondrej Zicha. "BioLib: Biological library: Sphenophorus brunnipennis". www.biolib.cz. Retrieved 9 September 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
Kimberi R. Pullen; Debbie Jennings; Rolf G. Oberprieler (18 December 2014). "Annotated catalogue of Australian weevils (Coleoptera: Curculionoidea)". Zootaxa. 3896 (1): 73. doi:10.11646/ZOOTAXA.3896.1.1. ISSN 1175-5334. PMID 25543671. Wikidata Q29461218.
Germar, E. F. (1824), Insectorum species : novae aut minus cognitae, descriptionibus illustratae. Volumen primum Coleoptera (in Latin and German), Halle (Saale): Impensis J.C. Hendelii et Filii, p. 297, doi:10.5962/BHL.TITLE.130964, OCLC 19420204, Wikidata Q51406246.
Zimmerman, E.C. (1993). Australian Weevils (Coleoptera: Curculionidea). Vol III Nanophyidae, Rhynchophoridae, Erirhinidae, Curculionidae: Amycterinae. Literature Consulted. Melbourne: CSIRO, Australia. p. 88.
"NZOR Name Details - Sphenophorus brunnipennis (Germar, 1824)". www.nzor.org.nz. Retrieved 9 September 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)

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[cz-1] Ondrej Zicha. "BioLib: Biological library: Sphenophorus brunnipennis". www.biolib.cz. Retrieved 9 September 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)

[aus-2] Kimberi R. Pullen; Debbie Jennings; Rolf G. Oberprieler (18 December 2014). "Annotated catalogue of Australian weevils (Coleoptera: Curculionoidea)". Zootaxa. 3896 (1): 73. doi:10.11646/ZOOTAXA.3896.1.1. ISSN 1175-5334. PMID 25543671. Wikidata Q29461218.

[germar-3] Germar, E. F. (1824), Insectorum species : novae aut minus cognitae, descriptionibus illustratae. Volumen primum Coleoptera (in Latin and German), Halle (Saale): Impensis J.C. Hendelii et Filii, p. 297, doi:10.5962/BHL.TITLE.130964, OCLC 19420204, Wikidata Q51406246.

[zimmerman-4] Zimmerman, E.C. (1993). Australian Weevils (Coleoptera: Curculionidea). Vol III Nanophyidae, Rhynchophoridae, Erirhinidae, Curculionidae: Amycterinae. Literature Consulted. Melbourne: CSIRO, Australia. p. 88.

[5] "NZOR Name Details - Sphenophorus brunnipennis (Germar, 1824)". www.nzor.org.nz. Retrieved 9 September 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)