Mycterus curculioides

Mycterus curculioides

''Mycterus curculioides'' is a species of beetles belonging to the family Mycteridae.

These beetles are present in British Isles, Italy, Greece, Hungary, Portugal, Spain, Southern Russia and in North Africa.


They are dark grey, have thoracic and golden grey elytral pubescence and the head has an extended rostrum. They can be distinguished from ''Mycterus tibialis'' and ''Mycterus umbellatarum'' by their narrower and longer rostrum. The adults grow up to 7–9 millimetres long.
Taxonomy
KingdomAnimalia
DivisionArthropoda
ClassInsecta
OrderColeoptera
FamilyMycteridae
GenusMycterus
SpeciesM. curculioides
Photographed in
Portugal