[Taxacom] weevil ID

[Steve Lingafelter]

I've conferred with Jens Prena and this is of the genus Homalinotus.
Doesn't seem to match any of the species present in the Smithsonian
collections.

--Steve
Steven W. Lingafelter, Ph. D.
Systematic Entomology Lab, PSI, ARS, USDA
National Museum of Natural History, MRC-168
P O Box 37012
Washington, DC 20013-7012
U. S. A.




On 2/4/10 3:31 PM, "Stephen Thorpe" <s.thorpe at auckland.ac.nz> wrote:

> you could try asking Willy Kuschel (g.kuschel at xtra.co.nz), but he is in his
> 90s, so don't expect a rapid response. Other people to try would be Bob
> Anderson (randerson at mus-nature.ca), or perhaps Rolf Oberprieler
> (Rolf.Oberprieler at csiro.au) ...
> 
> ________________________________________
> From: taxacom-bounces at mailman.nhm.ku.edu [taxacom-bounces at mailman.nhm.ku.edu]
> On Behalf Of Couvreur, Thomas [tcouvreur at nybg.org]
> Sent: Friday, 5 February 2010 9:20 a.m.
> To: taxacom at mailman.nhm.ku.edu
> Subject: [Taxacom] weevil ID
> 
> Hello,
> 
> Anybody has an idea of what genus (or even species) of weevil this is? I
> found it in a palm inflorescence in Bolivia (lower Madidi river region).
> It was pretty big. I would greatly appreciate any kind of ID, so I can
> include this in an article I am writing up.
> 
> 
> 
> http://picasaweb.google.com/tlpcouvreur/PALMSMadidi#5434484863580721906
> 
> 
> 
> Thanks
> 
> Thomas Couvreur
> 
> 
> 
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