Otiorhynchus raucus
Fabricius, 1777
Otiorhynchus raucus is a broad-nosed in the , first described by Fabricius in 1777. It is a member of the large Otiorhynchus, which contains numerous root-feeding weevil . The species has been recorded across parts of North America and Eurasia, with over 2,000 observations documented on iNaturalist. A former , O. r. silvicola, described from forest in 1993, is now treated as a synonym.
Pronunciation
How to pronounce Otiorhynchus raucus: /ˌoʊtiˈoʊrɪŋkəs ˈraʊkəs/
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Distribution
North America (including Alberta and British Columbia, Canada); Eurasia (Chelyabinsk and Chuvash regions, Russia); Azores (Portugal).
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Taxonomic History
Mazur (1993) described the Otiorhynchus raucus silvicola based on forest-dwelling , but this has since been synonymized with the nominate form.