Minute-weevil
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Acallodes ventricosus
Acallodes ventricosus is a minute seed weevil in the family Curculionidae, described by J. Lec. in 1876. It is a small beetle species found in North America, with records from Manitoba and Ontario in Canada. As a member of the seed weevil group, it likely feeds on seeds, though specific host plants remain undocumented.
Acanthoscelidius
minute seed weevils
Acanthoscelidius is a genus of minute seed weevils in the family Curculionidae, established by Hustache in 1930. The genus contains approximately 14 described species. Members are small beetles associated with seed feeding, though specific ecological details for most species remain poorly documented.
Auleutes tuberculatus
minute seed weevil
Auleutes tuberculatus is a minute seed weevil in the family Curculionidae, described by Dietz in 1896. It is one of approximately 90 species in the genus Auleutes, a group of small weevils associated with seeds. The species is documented from North America.
Fallapion
Fallapion is a genus of minute seed weevils in the family Brentidae (subfamily Apioninae), established by Kissinger in 1968. Members of this genus are small beetles characterized by their elongated rostrum and compact body form typical of apionine weevils. The genus is taxonomically distinct from the broader Apion genus complex, with species-level taxonomy requiring detailed morphological examination. Observations of this genus are relatively sparse, with limited documented occurrences in natural history databases.
Hypera quadricollis
hibiscus flea beetle
Hypera quadricollis is a minute weevil species in the family Curculionidae, historically classified under flea beetle genera Chaetocnema and Crepidodera due to morphological similarities. The species is strongly associated with rosemallow (Hibiscus spp.), particularly Hibiscus lasiocarpus, where adults feed gregariously on foliage. First described from Florida in 1878, it has since been recorded across eastern and central North America including Missouri and Alberta. The species was synonymized under Chaetocnema quadricollis by White (1996) in his revision of North American Chaetocnema, though current taxonomic databases list it under Hypera.
Hypurus
Hypurus is a genus of minute seed weevils in the beetle family Curculionidae. The genus was established by Rey in 1882. It contains at least one described species, Hypurus bertrandi. As seed weevils, members of this genus are associated with plant seeds, though specific host relationships remain poorly documented.
Orchestomerus
minute seed weevils
Orchestomerus is a genus of minute seed weevils in the family Curculionidae, established by W.G. Dietz in 1896. The genus comprises approximately 14 described species. These beetles are small weevils associated with seeds, though specific host relationships remain poorly documented for most species.
Pelenomus fuliginosus
Sooty Minute Seed Weevil
Pelenomus fuliginosus is a small weevil species in the family Curculionidae, commonly known as the Sooty Minute Seed Weevil. The species was originally described by Dietz in 1896 and has been treated as a synonym of Mecopeltus fuliginosus in some taxonomic databases. As a member of the weevil family, it possesses the characteristic elongated snout (rostrum) typical of Curculionidae. Very few observations of this species have been documented, with only three records in iNaturalist.