Salpingus planirostris

Adding this peculiar species for the garden ...

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Ferdy Christant

Lion

Very nice platsnuitschorskever. Posted 4 years ago
1. Pudding4brains
  
  Lion
  
  Yup - shame that's the family name, no vernacular name so far for the single species ;o) Posted 4 years ago
2. 1. Ferdy Christant
    
    Lion
    
    True. I did find something weird. I took it as a challenge to find a common name yet eol.org doesn't recognize Salpingus planirostris at all. Then I queried gbif.org to discover the synonym Curculio planirostris. Which does find a match at eol.org and is listed as preferred name. Yet it doesn't look like this is widely recognized.
    
    Ah well. Posted 4 years ago

The Salpingus planirostris

Salpingus planirostris is a beetle in the family "Narrow-waisted Bark beetles" (Salpingidae). The vernacular names for this family in German (Scheinrüssler) and Dutch (Platsnuitschorskevers) highlight another characteristic. The conspicuous flattened snout that reminds somewhat of various forms found in Weevils.

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Similar species: Beetles

Species identified by Pudding4brains