Wollaston-1873
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Rhyncolus californicus
Rhyncolus californicus is a species of weevil in the family Curculionidae, first described by Wollaston in 1873. The species epithet 'californicus' indicates an association with California. As a member of the genus Rhyncolus, it belongs to a group of weevils whose members are typically associated with dead or decaying wood and fungal substrates. The species is provisionally accepted in taxonomic databases, indicating some uncertainty regarding its current taxonomic status or the need for further revisionary work.