Weevils - Entomological Society of Canada

Cimberis elongata (LeConte)
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Rhinom(rcer elongatus LeConte, 1876:2 (lectotype, Pennsylvania;
MCZ); Blatchley and Leng 1916:50,51.
Cimberis elongatus : Hamilton 1969 :52.
Neocimberis elongatus: O'Brien and Wibmer 1982:18.
Cimberis elon gata: Kuschel 1989: 134.
Description. Length 2.8-5.1 mm. Integument black to dark
reddish brown; legs, antennae, and sometimes rostrum lighter reddish
brown. Pubescence light brown to yellowish, with coppery reflection.
Head moderately convex between eyes. Frons 1.2-1.3 times wider than
rostrum at apex; surface shining, with abundant, oval punctures, these
forming vague longitudinal furrows; each puncture bearing 1 erect,
moderately longyellowish seta. Rostrum 2.3-2.4 times longer than wide
at apex, moderately curved; sides broadly curved: surface smooth, with
numerous shallow, elongate punctures and 3 abbreviated carinae.
Pronotum less than 1.1 times wider than long, widest at middle; sides
moderately arcuate; disc broadly impressed; surface shining, densely,
deeply punctured, setaceous; setae abundant, semierect, moderately
long, light brown or yellowish. Elytra 1.8 times longer than wide;
surface pubescent, with dense, random, deep punctures; setae
abundant, semierect or nearly recumbent, moderately long. Abdominal
sternites 3 and 4 of female each with 1 elongate tuft of white or yellowish
white setae; abdominal sternites of male unmodified.
Distribution. British Columbia (?) to Quebec; eastern United
States south to Georgia and west to Wisconsin and Kansas. British
Columbia: Terrace (probably erroneous). Manitoba: Gillam. Ontario:
Carleton County, Constance Bay, Marmora, Mattagami River, Nipigon,
Normandale, Ottawa, Petawawa, Prince Edward County, Ridgeway,
SmokyFalls, Toronto, andWilno. Quebec: Aylmer, Fort Coulonge, Great
Whale River, Kirks Ferry, Lake Opasatika, Mistassini Lake, Mont
Fenowillet, Sainte-Rose, and Wright.
Comments. Adults of this species are readily distinguished from
other members of the genus by the flattened to weakly impressed dorsal
surface ofthe pronotum and by the type ofvestiture as given in the key.
The British Columbia locality given above is almost certainly
erroneous. Adults have been taken on white pine (Pinus strobus),
Virginia pine (P uirginiana), Jack pine (P banhsiana),lodgepole pine
(P. contorta), and loblolly pine (P taeda). Nothing else is known of the
biology or life history ofthis species.
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