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Taxonavigation

Ordo: Coleoptera
Familia: Curculionidae

Name

Limobius Schoenherr, 1843 – Wikispecies link – Pensoft Profile

  • Limobius Schoenherr, 1843: 460 (original description)
  • Limobius: Capiomont (1868)[1]: 244 (monography); Petri (1901)[2]: 192 (monography); Winkler (1932): 1582 (catalogue); Csiki (1934)[3]: 54 (catalogue); Hoffmann (1954)[4]: 616 (fauna); Smreczyński (1968)[5]: 92 (fauna); Angelov (1978)[6]: 203 (fauna); Kippenberg (1983)[7]: 153 (fauna); Alonso-Zarazaga and Lyal (1999)[8]: 188 (catalogue); Morris (2002)[9]: 63 (fauna); Skuhrovec (2009)[10]: 3 (key); Skuhrovec (2013b)[11]: 435 (catalogue); Oberprieler et al. (2014a)[12]: 464 (handbook/catalogue).

Type species

Curculio dissimilis Herbst, 1795: 290 (= Curculio borealis Paykull, 1792: 57).

Diagnosis

Body 2.5–4.6 mm; entire body densely covered with appressed scales of different shapes, from scales divided into two lobes to base up to entire scales. Eyes elliptical to oval. Rostrum long to very long, narrow; in dorsal view distinctly longer than its base width (ratio more than 3.00); enlarged anteriorly, tapered to basal third part and afterward almost parallel-sided; in side view slightly curved; as long as pronotum (ratio = 0.95–1.10). Antenna with 6 or 7 desmomeres. Pronotum distinctly wider than long, widest at middle. Elytra with very distinct prominent humeri. Apex of penis enlarged, sometimes partially to the tip, and always without projecting setae. Apodeme of sternite VIII in females relatively long, with distinct long lateral arms; plate wide, not very well sclerotized, upper part not connected and bearing apically many distinct setae.

Biology

These weevils occur in warm and dry habitats (calcareous hillsides, vineland, steppe, sandy habitats, meadows, clearings), and in mesophilic or moderately damp habitats of floodplains and hillsides (natural meadows) (Skuhrovec 2009[10]). Limobius species develop on plants of two genera: Geranium and Erodium (all Geraniaceae) (Koch 1992[13]; Skuhrovec 2009[10]). The larvae do not develop on leaves as it is typical for Hyperini Marseul, 1863, but in the inner parts of the floral stalk. The main reason in this different strategy of Hyperini larvae is probably the size of the larva and is probably shared by other small species of Hyperini as it is known for Hypera nigrirostris (Fabricius, 1775).

Distribution

The genus Limobius is mostly distributed in the western part of Europe and North Africa. Two taxa are known only from southern France. The only widespread taxon is L. borealis borealis, distributed in the whole western Palaearctic region, from Portugal to North Africa and eastwards to Iran (Skuhrovec 2013b[11]).

Taxon Treatment

  • Skuhrovec, J; Alonso-Zarazaga, M; 2017: Revision of the genus Limobius, with the description of a new species (Coleoptera, Curculionidae, Hyperini) ZooKeys, (709): 71-85. doi

Images

Figure 1. Limobius winkelmanni sp. n., habitus, male, Holotype, dorsal view. Scale bar 1 mm.
Figure 1. Limobius winkelmanni sp. n., habitus, male, Holotype, dorsal view. Scale bar 1 mm. 
Figures 2–5. Limobius winkelmanni sp. n., male genitalia: 2 Aedeagus, dorsal, and lateral view 3 Spiculum gastrale; and female genitalia: 4 Spiculum ventrale 5 Spermatheca. Scale bars 0.5 mm (2, 3) and 0.2 mm (4, 5).
Figures 2–5. Limobius winkelmanni sp. n., male genitalia: 2 Aedeagus, dorsal, and lateral view 3 Spiculum gastrale; and female genitalia: 4 Spiculum ventrale 5 Spermatheca. Scale bars 0.5 mm (2, 3) and 0.2 mm (4, 5). 
Figures 6–10. Morphological detail of Limobius species. 6 Antenna of L. winkelmanni sp. n. 7 Antenna of L. borealis borealis (Paykull, 1792) 8 Elytral scales of L. winkelmanni sp. n. 9 Elytral scales of L. mixtus 10 Elytral scales of L. borealis borealis (Paykull, 1792).
Figures 6–10. Morphological detail of Limobius species. 6 Antenna of L. winkelmanni sp. n. 7 Antenna of L. borealis borealis (Paykull, 1792) 8 Elytral scales of L. winkelmanni sp. n. 9 Elytral scales of L. mixtus 10 Elytral scales of L. borealis borealis (Paykull, 1792). 
Figures 11–12. Dorsal and lateral view of Limobius species. 11 L. borealis borealis (Paykull, 1792) 12 L. borealis arvernus Tempère, 1972.
Figures 11–12. Dorsal and lateral view of Limobius species. 11 L. borealis borealis (Paykull, 1792) 12 L. borealis arvernus Tempère, 1972. 
Figures 13–14. Dorsal and lateral view of Limobius species. 13 L. mixtus (Boheman, 1834) 14 L. dureti Tempère, 1957.
Figures 13–14. Dorsal and lateral view of Limobius species. 13 L. mixtus (Boheman, 1834) 14 L. dureti Tempère, 1957. 

Other References

  1. ↑ Capiomont M (1868) Révision de la Tribu des Hypérides, Lacordaire, et en particulier des genres Hypera Germ., Limobius, Schönh. et Coniatus (Germ.) Schönh. renfermant la description de plusieurs genres nouveaux et de 85 espèces nouvelles. Annales de la Société Entomologique de France Série 4 8(1): 73–160.
  2. ↑ Petri K (1901) Monographie des Coleopteren-Tribus Hyperini. Siebenbürgischer Verlag für Naturwissenschaften zu Hermannstadt, 210 pp.
  3. ↑ Csiki E (1934) Coleopterorum Catalogus auspiciis et auxilio W. Junk editus a S. Schenkling. Pars 137: Curculionidae: Subfam. Hyperinae. W. Junk, Berlin, 66 pp.
  4. ↑ Hoffmann A (1954) Coleopteres Curculionides (deuxieme partie). Faune de France 59: 487–1207.
  5. ↑ Smreczyński S (1968) Podrodziny Tanymecinae, Cleoninae, Tanyrhynchinae, Hylobiinae. Klucze do oznaczania owadów Polski XIX: Coleoptera, 98c: Curculionidae. PAN, Warszawa, 106 pp. [In Polish]
  6. ↑ Angelov P (1978) Fauna na B’lgaria. Coleoptera, Curculionidae: Brachyderinae, Brachycerinae, Tanymecinae, Cleoninae, Curculioninae, Myorrhininae. [Fauna of Bulgaria. Coleoptera, Curculionidae: Brachyderinae, Brachycerinae, Tanymecinae, Cleoninae, Curculioninae, Myorrhininae]. Academia Scientiarum Bulgarica, Sofia, 234 pp. [In Bulgarian]
  7. ↑ Kippenberg H (1983) 22. Unterfamilie Hylobiinae. In: Freude H, Harde KW, Lohse GA (Eds) Die Käfer Mitteleuropas. Bd. 11. Curculionidae 2. Goecke & Evers, Krefeld, 303 pp.
  8. ↑ Alonso-Zarazaga M, Lyal C (1999) A World Catalogue of Families and Genera of Curculionoidea (Insecta: Coleoptera) (Excepting Scolytidae and Platypodidae). Entomopraxis SCP Edition, Barcelona, 315 pp.
  9. ↑ Morris M (2002) True Weevils. Part. 1, Coleoptera: Curculionidae (subfamilies Raymondionyminae to Smicronychinae). Royal Entomological Society, London, 149 pp.
  10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 Skuhrovec J (2009) Digital-Weevil-Determination for Curculionoidea of West Palaearctic. Transalpina: Hypera / Limobius / Metadonus (Hyperinae: Hyperini). Snudebiller 10: 39–47.
  11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 Skuhrovec J (2013b) Hyperinae. In: Löbl I Smetana A (Eds) Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera. Vol. 8. Apollo Books, Stenstrup, 423–437.
  12. ↑ Oberprieler R, Caldara R, Skuhrovec J (2014a) 3.7.2. Bagoini Thomson, 1859; Gonipterini Lacordaire, 1863; Hyperini Marseul, 1863. In: Leschen R Beutel R (Eds) Handbook of Zoology, Coleoptera, Beetles, Volume 3. De Gruyter, Göttingen, 452–476.
  13. ↑ Koch K (1992) Die Käfer Mitteleuropas. Ökologie. Goecke & Evers, Krefeld, 371 pp.
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