Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Weevil
Posted by Isidro on 11-05-2007 12:52
#1
Size: 8-10 mm.
Place: Leganes, Madrid, Spain.
Habitat: park-garden.
Can be possible an identification?
Thanks...
Posted by Juergen Peters on 11-05-2007 17:52
#2
Hello, Isidro!
Genus
Hypera. More possibly from the experts.
Posted by Frank Koehler on 11-05-2007 21:50
#3
Looks like Hypera zoilus, but I?m not shure if there are no more related species in Spain. Greetings Frank
Posted by Isidro on 12-05-2007 10:14
#4
Hypera zoilus is not present in Spain.
List if iberian Hypera:
Subgenus Dapalinus:
Hypera dapalis
Hypera maculipennis
Hypera meles
Subgenus Eririnomorphus:
Hypera adspersa
Hypera arundinis
Hypera rumicis
Subgenus Hypera:
Hypera arator
Hypera constans
Hypera egregia
Hypera fuscocinerea
Hypera incompta
Hypera jucunda
Hypera lethierryi
Hypera melarhyncha
Hypera nigrirostris
Hypera ononidis
Hypera pandellei
Hypera plantaginis
Hypera postica
Hypera scolymi
Hypera suspiciosa
Hypera venusta
Hypera viciae
Subgenus Tigrinellus:
Hypera pastinacae
Thanks ;)
Posted by Frank Koehler on 12-05-2007 13:14
#5
Sorry, Hypera zoilus is called Donus zoilus in the Fauna Europaea and present in Spain too. It?s a very common weevil on Rumex and should be widespread in your country. We should send this picture to an expert. Greetings Frank
Posted by Isidro on 12-05-2007 16:30
#6
Thanks!
In these case, can be Donus zoilus. Other related species (in the same subgenus Antidonus) are Donus brevirostris, Donus dauci and Donus lunatus.
I dont't know how can I send the photo to your gallery, so, if you want, take the picture and send to the expert...
I never will be enough grateful. ;)