Archarius pyrrhoceras

Archarius pyrrhoceras

Archarius pyrrhoceras is a tiny (1.6-2.4mm) weevil living on oak trees. The female bores into the common globular galls on oak caused by Cynips quercusfolii to deposit an egg. The mature larva will leave the gall in fall and pupate in the ground.
Archarrius pyrrhoceras Horrible old images of the tiny (1.6-2.4mm) Archarius pyrrhoceras, just have the species here ... Archarius,Archarius pyrrhoceras,Curculio pyrrhoceras,Curculionidae,Curculioninae,Curculionini

Appearance

Archarius pyrrhoceras is a black weevil with a partially white belly. The spaces between the rows of punctures on the elytra are only slightly wider than those same rows and carry 1-2 rows of white hairs each.
The slightly larger (1.8-2.6mm) Archarius salicivorus, developing on Willow, has the interspaces much wider with 2-3 rows of hairs on each.

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Taxonomy
KingdomAnimalia
DivisionArthropoda
ClassInsecta
OrderColeoptera
FamilyCurculionidae
GenusArcharius
SpeciesArcharius pyrrhoceras
Photographed in
Netherlands