Weevils - Entomological Society of Canada

dense, random, moderately deep, each bearing 1 seta; setae recumbent,
coarse, narrowly scale-like. Abdominal sternites 3 and 4 of female each
with 1 oval tuft of white or yellowish white setae; abdomenal sternites of
male unmodified.
Distribution. British Columbia, south in the western United
States to California and New Mexico, east to Colorado and Montana.
British Columbia: Vernon and Westbank.
Comments. Adults of this species are most easily distinguished
by the evenly convex pronotum; by the distinct oval tufts ofwhitish setae
on the median portion of abdominal sternites 3 and 4 of the female, by
the coarse, somewhat flattened elytral setae, and by the distribution.
Nothing is known of the life history or habits of this species, except that
adults have been taken on ponderosa pine (Pinus ponderosa) , lodgepole
pine (P contorta), and Douglas-fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii) in Canada,
and on other species of pines (Pinus) and cypress (Cupressus) in the
United States.
C i m beri s bi h i rsuta (Hatch)
Cimberis bihirsutus Hatch, 1971:336 (holotype, Bear Springs, Ore.;
USNM).
Neocimberis bihirsutus: O'Brien and Wibmer 1982:18.
Cimberis bihirsutq: Kuschel 1989: 143.
Description. Length 2.5-4.1mm. Very similar to C. comptus.
Rostrum as long as combined head and pronotum in females; rostrum
shorter in males. Abdominal sternites 3 and 4 of female with 2 small
tufts of white setae.
Distribution. British Columbia south to central California, east
to Idaho and Wyoming. British Columbia: Aspen Grove, Cariboo,
Copper Mountain, Merritt, Midday Valley, and Westwick Lake.
Comments. Adults of this species are difficult to distinguished
from those of related species. The only reliable feature is that females of
C. bihirsuta consistently have 2 elongate, setaceous pits on abdominal
sternites 3 and 4. Adults have been collected on lodgepole pine (Pinus
contorta) and ponderosa pine (P ponderosa).
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