Larinus pollinis

Larinus pollinis is a species of cylindrical weevils belonging to the family Curculionidae, subfamily Lixinae.

Larinus pollinis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Subphylum:
Hexapoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Coleoptera
Family:
Curculionidae
Genus:
Larinus
Species:
L. pollinis
Binomial name
Larinus pollinis
(Laicharting, 1781)
Synonyms[1][2]
List
  • Larinus brevis (Herbst, 1795)
  • Larinus fringilla Gyllenhal, 1827
  • Larinus granicollis Boheman, 1843
  • Larinus jaceae (Herbst, 1795)
  • Larinus lineatocollis Gyllenhal, 1835
  • Larinus morio Gyllenhal, 1835
  • Larinus rubripes Desbrochers, 1892
  • Larinus sanctaebalmae Abeille, 1872
  • Larinus senilis Fabricius, 1801
  • Curculio pollinis Laicharting, 1781
  • Curculio brevis Herbst, 1795
  • Curculio jaceae Herbst, 1795
  • Curculio senilis Fabricius, 1801
  • Rhynchaenus fringilla Gyllenhal, 1827
  • Larinus (Larinus) lineatocollis Gyllenhal, 1835
  • Larinus (Larinus) morio Gyllenhal, 1835
  • Larinus (Larinus) granicollis Boheman, 1843
  • Larinus (Larinus) sanctaebalmae Abeille, 1872
  • Larinus (Larinus) rubripes Desbrochers, 1892
  • Larinus (Larinus) jaceae
  • Larinus (Larinus) lineatocollis

Distribution

This species is present in most of Europe (Austria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic]], France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Switzerland and Ukraine), in the East Palearctic realm, in North Africa, in the Oriental realm and in the Near East. [2] These weevils occur on Grasslands.

Description

Larinus pollinis can reach a body length of about 10 mm (0.39 in).[3] These wevils have an ovate, black, sub-opaque body, with a with many patches of gray setae, that appear yellowish by a yellowish secretion and adhering pollen. Rostrum is shorter than the thorax, with only a carina at the base.[4]

Mature pupae show more than 40 setae on pronotum. [5]

Biology

The adults can be encountered from May through August, [6] This oligophagous species mainly feeds on Arctium tomentosum, Onopordon acanthium, Carlina vulgaris, etc. [1][7]

References
  1. Biolob
  2. Fauna Europaea
  3. Ukrainian Biodiversity Information Network
  4. Levent Gültekin & Miguel Angel Alonso-Zarazaga A review of the Palaearctic species of Larinus Dejean (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) in C. J. Schoenherr collection: nomenclature and lectotype designations June 2015 Journal of Insect Biodiversity 3(9):1-26 - DOI:10.12976/jib/2015.3.9
  5. Gosik, Rafał, Skuhrovec, Jiří (2011): Descriptions of mature larvae and pupae of the genus Larinus (Coleoptera: Curculionidae, Lixinae). Zootaxa 3019: 1-25, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.278666
  6. iNatutalist
  7. Plant parasites in Europe


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