Genus

Otiorhynchus

Otiorhynchus ovatus. Photo: (c) Stuart Tingley, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

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Otiorhynchus (often spelt Otiorrhynchus) is a large genus of weevils in the family Curculionidae. Many species of the genus, particularly the black vine weevil (O. sulcatus) and the strawberry root weevil (O. ovatus), are important pests, both as larvae and as adults. Larvae feed on plant roots. Adults are flightless with fused elytra and feed at night on plant foliage. In many species of the genus at least some races are polyploid and parthenogenetic, while the…

Humboldt Life
- Kingdom: Animalia (Animals)
  - Phylum: Arthropoda (Arthropods)
    - Subphylum: Hexapoda (Hexapods)
      - Class: Insecta (Insects)
        Subclass: Pterygota (Winged and once-winged insects)
        Order: Coleoptera (Beetles)
        Suborder: Polyphaga (Water, rove, scarab, long-horned, leaf, and snout beetles)
        Infraorder: Cucujiformia (Cucujiform beetles)
        Superfamily: Curculionoidea (Snout and bark beetles)
        Family: Curculionidae (True weevils)
        Subfamily: Entiminae (Broad-nosed weevils)
        Tribe: Otiorhynchini
        Genus: Otiorhynchus
        Species: Otiorhynchus singularis (Clay-coloured weevil)
        Species: Otiorhynchus rugosostriatus (Rough strawberry root weevil)
        Subgenus: Pendragon (1)

Subtaxa

Species: Otiorhynchus singularis (Clay-coloured weevil)

Species: Otiorhynchus rugosostriatus (Rough strawberry root weevil)

Subgenus: Pendragon

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