Sitona californius

Sitona californius
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Curculionidae
Genus: Sitona
Species:
S. californius
Binomial name
Sitona californius
(Fahraeus, 1840)
Synonyms[1]
  • Sitona cockerelli Blaisdell, 1938
  • Sitona oregonensis Tanner, 1987
  • Sitones angustulus Casey, 1888
  • Sitones apacheanus Casey, 1888
  • Sitones explicitus Casey, 1888
  • Sitones extrusus Casey, 1888
  • Sitones hispidiceps Casey, 1888
  • Sitones prominens Casey, 1888

Sitona californius is a species of broad-nosed weevil in the beetle family Curculionidae.[1][2]

The species was described by Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim in 1843 and spelled as Sitona californicus. This spelling was later abandoned.[3]

Sitona californius is found in North America.[1]It can be found in the Nearctic[4] and in US states such as Arizona and California. In California the species were recorded between March 5, 1925, and February 1, 1926, at Monterey County, Carmel while in Arizona it was found in Pima County in the Santa Rita Mountains.[5]

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  3. ^ "Taxonomic Swap 69870 (Committed on 2020-01-22) · iNaturalist". iNaturalist. Retrieved 2024-07-13.
  4. ^ "Sitona californicus Mannerheim, 1843". Harvard University. Retrieved June 23, 2013.
  5. ^ "Species Details Sitona californicus". University of Alberta Museums. E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum. Retrieved November 17, 2020.