Romualdius scaber
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Family: | Curculionidae |
| Genus: | Romualdius |
| Species: | R. scaber
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| Romualdius scaber (Linnaeus, 1758)
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Romualdius scaber, known generally as the crusted root weevil or crusted grass weevil, is a species of broad-nosed weevil in the beetle family Curculionidae.[2] It is found in Europe and North America.[3]
Nomenclature
[edit]The species was first described, as Curculio scaber, by Carl Linnaeus in 1758. Linnaeus' description was sketchy, and for a long time was thought to refer to the species now known as Otiorhynchus carinatopunctatus, with the present species referred to bifoveolatus Beck. This misunderstanding was corrected by Löbl & Smetana (2013).
While it was known as bifoveolatus, the species was designated by Roman Borovec (2009) as the type of his new genus Romualdius.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ "Romualdius scaber". BioLib. Retrieved 2021-03-28.
- ^ "Romualdius scaber Species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-05-01.
- ^ "Romualdius scaber (Linnaeus, 1758)". Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 2021-03-28.
- ^ Borovec, Roman (2009). "Revision of the Palaearctic supraspecific taxa of the tribe Trachyphloeini (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Entiminae)". Klapalekiana. 45: 1–97.
Further reading
[edit]- Lobl, I.; Smetana, A., eds. (2013). Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 7: Curculionoidea I. Apollo Books. ISBN 978-90-04-26093-1.
- Lobl, I.; Smetana, A., eds. (2013). Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 8: Curculionoidea II. Apollo Books. ISBN 978-90-04-25916-4.
External links
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