Microplontus campestris (Gyllenhal, 1837) Douglas & Bouchard & Anderson & Tonnancour & Vigneault & Webster, 2013

Douglas, Hume, Bouchard, Patrice, Anderson, Robert S., Tonnancour, Pierre de, Vigneault, Robert & Webster, Reginald P., 2013, New Curculionoidea (Coleoptera) records for Canada, ZooKeys 309, pp. 13-48 : 27

publication ID	https://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.309.4667
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scientific name	Microplontus campestris (Gyllenhal, 1837)
status	new to Quebec

Treatment

Microplontus campestris (Gyllenhal, 1837) new to Quebec

Note.

This adventive Palaearctic species is associated with Leucanthemum vulgare (L.) ( Asteraceae ) and may help control this invasive weed. This weevil was accidentally introduced into North America, and has been present in Ontario since 1971, or earlier ( Anderson and Korotyaev 2004).

Specimen data.

Quebec: MRC Marguerite-D’Youville, Varennes ( Verchères), 30.vi.2008, C. Chantal (1, CCCH).

References

Anderson, RS, Korotyaev, BA, 2004. Some Palearctic weevils in the subfamily Ceutorhynchinae (Coleoptera, Curculionidae) recently discovered in North America. The Canadian Entomologist 136: 233 - 239, 10.4039/n03-064

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Taxonomy

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Arthropoda
Class	Hexapoda
Order	Coleoptera
Family	Curculionidae
Genus	Microplontus

Specimens