Weevils of the genus Cercopeus Schoenherr from South Carolina, USA (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Entiminae)

Authors

Charles W. O’Brien, Green Valley, ArizonaFollow
Janet C. Ciegler, West Columbia, South CarolinaFollow
Jennifer C. Girón, University of Puerto RicoFollow

Date of this Version

10-15-2010

Comments

Insecta Mundi 0141: 1-29, Published in 2010 by Center for Systematic Entomology, Inc. P. O. Box 141874 Gainesville, FL 32614-1874 U. S. A., http://www.centerforsystematicentomology.org/

Abstract

Six new species of the weevil genus Cercopeus Schoenherr are described from South Carolina: C. alexi, C. cornelli, C. femoratus, C. paulus, C. skelleyi, and C. tibialis. Three other species also found in South Carolina are re-described: C. chrysorrhoeus (Say), C. maspavancus Sleeper, and C. strigicollis Sleeper. Keys to known males and females of all 17 species of Cercopeus are given, along with photographs of habitus, leg features, and antennae, and line illustrations of genitalia. Nearly all specimens of the new species were collected from January-March and these species are winter active