Weevils - Entomological Society of Canada

usty brown. Pubescence gt:ey, sometimes golden brown on elytra,
greyish on lateral elytral margins. Head moderately convex between
eyes. Frons 1.2-1.3 times wider than rostrum at apex; surface
punctured. Rostrum 1.8-2.0 times longer than wide at apex, robust,
moderately curved; surface with 1-3 weak carinae. Pronotum about as
long as wide or slightly wider than long, widest at middle; sides weakly or
moderately arcuate; disc weakly convex, with shallow or deep, sparse to
dense punctures. Elytra 1.9-2.L times longer than wide; surface
randomly punctured. Abdominal sternites 3 and 4 of female each with
1 setaceous transverse pit; abdominal sternites of male unmodifred.
Distribution. British Columbia, south to California and Colorado.
British Columbia: Errington and Vernon.
Comments. Adults of this species can be recognized by the robust
rostrum and by the color pattern. In addition, the length and coarseness
of the pubescence, the punctation of the pronotum, and the length of the
rostrum are distinctive. This is a common species in the Pacific
Northwest, but nothing is known of its habits or life history, except that
specimens have been collected on western white pine (Pinus monticolae)
in Oregon.
C i m be ris com pta (LeConte)
(Figs. 3, l7, 43,44)
Rhinomacer comptus LeConte, L8762 (holotype, Lake Tahoe, Calif.;
MCZ).
Cimberis comptus: Hamilton 7969:62; Hatch 1971:336.
Neocimberis comptus: O'Brien and Wimber 1982:18.
Cimberis compta: Kuschel 1989: 141.
Description. Length 2.7-4.2 mm. Integument black to reddish
brown, pronotum and head sometimes darker; legs and antennae
usually lighter. Pubescence short, recumbent, white. Head moderately
convex between eyes. Frons I.2-L.4 times wider than rostrum at apex;
surface shining, with deep, dense, scattered punctures, these not
forming rows or grooves as in C. elongata; each puncture with
moderately short, semirecumbent white setae. Rostrtm2.0-2.5 times as
long as wide at apex, shorter than head and pronotum combined,
moderately curved; sides broadly recurved; surface of rostrum smooth,
finely punctured, with 1 or 3 low carinae or smooth lines on base.
Pronotum less than 1.1 times wider than long, widest at middle; sides
strongly arcuate; pronotal disc evenly convex; surface of pronotum
shining, densely, deeply punctured, with abundant, ftne, recumbent
setae. Elytra 1.8 times as long as wide; surface punctured; punctures
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