Steppe Weevil

Hypera diversipunctata (Hyperaseriata)

General Status Rank: 
Undetermined
Common Name: 
Steppe Weevil
Scientific Name: 
Hypera diversipunctata (Hyperaseriata)
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Taxonomy
Group: 
Beetle
Kingdom: 
Animalia
Phylum: 
Arthropoda
Class: 
Insecta
Order: 
Coleoptera
Family: 
Curculionidae
Habitat
species has been found in dry tundra and southern steppe. Adults have been collected in pitfall traps in dry tundra habitat and on south-facing gravel, Artemisia-dominated slopes. Adults are all brachypterous. Larvae of other species of Hypera feed externally on a variety of parts of a variety of plant taxa, chiefly Polygonaceae and Fabaceae (Titus 1911).
References: 
B181
Distribution

Ecozones

References: 
B181

Area of Occupancy

Score: 
-
General Status Rank
Rank: 
Undetermined
Status Rank Description: 
Distribution: Alaska, extreme western mainland Northwest Territories and Yukon; East Beringian, but not in Bousquet, Y. Bouchard, P. Davies, AE, and Sikes, DS. 2013. Checklist of beetles (Coleoptera) of Canada and Alaska. 2nd edition. Pensoft Series Faunistica No 109. 402pp .
S Rank: 
SU
Decision Process Description: 
added by S Carriere based on Anderson 1997
Last Updated: 
February 7, 2014

References

Ecozones

  • Anderson, R.S. (1997) Weevils of the Yukon. Biological Survey of Canada Insects of the Yukon 523-562 http://www.biology.ualberta.ca/bsc/pdf/anderson2.pdf - B181 Return

Habitat

  • Anderson, R.S. (1997) Weevils of the Yukon. Biological Survey of Canada Insects of the Yukon 523-562 http://www.biology.ualberta.ca/bsc/pdf/anderson2.pdf - B181 Return