Curculio caryatrypes (Boheman, 1843)

Larger chesnut weevil

Taxonomy & Nomenclature

Conservation Status

Extinct

Last record: 1956

Distribution

Canada & USA

Biology & Ecology

Hypodigm

Media

References

Original scientific description:

Boheman, Carl H. (1843). [Species novae] In: C. J. Schoenherr, Genera et species curculionidum, cum synonymia hujus familae; Species novae aut hactenus minus cogniate, descriptionibus a Dom. L. Gyllenhal, C. H. Boheman, O. J. Fahraeus et entomologis aliis Roret, Paris. Vol. 7 (2): 1-461.

Other references:

Bousquet, Y. (editor). 1991. Checklist of beetles of Canada and Alaska. Research Branch, Agriculture Canada. Publication 1861/E., Ottawa. 430 pp.

Poole, R. W., and P. Gentili (eds.). 1996. Nomina Insecta Nearctica: a checklist of the insects of North America. Volume 1 (Coleoptera, Strepsiptera). Entomological Information Services, Rockville, MD.

https://canadianmuseumofnature.wordpress.com/2017/02/02/co-extinction-and-the-case-of-american-chestnut-and-the-greater-chestnut-weevil-curculio-caryatrypes/

http://extinctanimals.proboards.com/thread/24335/curculio-caryatrypes

https://explorer.natureserve.org/Taxon/ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.746741/Curculio_caryatrypes

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