Aquatic Insects of Michigan

by Ethan Bright, Museum of Zoology Insect Division and School of Natural Resources and Environment
University of Michigan

Semiaquatic Curculionidae (True Weevils) of Michigan

Photo of Auleutes nebulosus by Tom Murray (Copyright © 2011, used with permission).

This list is based on Downie and Arnett (1996) and must be considered provisional. No museum specimens or other literature citations have been consulted.

Genera are donoted in bold green; species denoted in bold blue have been recorded in Michigan; other species denoted in bold are likely to occur based on their known distribution. You can use the Find function in your web browser to locate families, genera, and species. Synonomous species (indented) are listed below the current valid species (denoted in bold) with its taxonomic status indicated.

Auleutes Dietz, 1896, 1802 (Subfamily Ceutorhynchinae)
(not all species listed herein are aquatic/semiaquatic)
Auleutes asper (LeConte, 1876) Coeliodes (orig.) - IN
Auleutes atar (LeConte, 1876) Coeliodes (orig.) - IN
Auleutes epilobii (Paykull, 1800) Curculio (orig.) - Downie and Arnett 1996
Auleutes marionis Fall, 1913 - IN
Auleutes nebulosus (LeConte, 1876) Coeliodes - Downie and Arnett 1996
Auleutes subfasciatus Dietz, 1896 - Downie and Arnett 1996
Auleutes tenuipes (LeConte), 1876 Coeliodes - IN, ON

Bagous Germar, 1817 (Subfamily Bagoinae)
Bagous americanus LeConte, 1876 - Tanner 1943:19-20 (also B. longirostrus? 18-19); Downie and Arnett 1996:1535
Bagous atratus Blatchley, 1916 - Tanner 1943:23-24; Downie and Arnett 1996:1535
Bagous bituberosa LeConte, 1876 - IN (widespread, Tanner 1943:29-30; Downie and Arnett 1996:1536)
Bagous blanchardi Blatchley, 1916 - Downie and Arnett 1996:1535
Bagous calvifrons LeConte, 1876 - Tanner 1943:21-22; Downie and Arnett 1996:1535
Bagous magister LeConte, 1876 - Tanner 1943:22; Downie and Arnett 1996:1535
Bagous mamillatus Say, 1831 - Tanner 1943:16-18; Downie and Arnett 1996:1534-1535
Bagous nebulosus LeConte, 1876 - Tanner 1943:25; Downie and Arnett 1996:1535
Bagous obliquus LeConte, 1876 - Downie and Arnett 1996:1534
Bagous planatus LeConte, 1876 - Tanner 1943:12; Downie and Arnett 1996:1534
Bagous puritanus Blatchley, 1916 - IN, IL (Downie and Arnett 1996:1535-1536)
Bagous pusillus LeConte, 1876 - IL, IN (Downie and Arnett 1996:1536)
Bagous restrictus LeConte, 1876 - IL, IN, MN, OH, WI (Tanner 1943:28; Downie and Arnett 1996:1535)
Bagous tanneri O'Brien, 1979 - Downie and Arnett 1996:1535
Bagous transversus LeConte, 1876 - Tanner 1943:31-32; Downie and Arnett 1996:1535
(syn.) Bagous carinatus Blatchley, 1925

Brachybamus Germar, 1836 (Subfamily Erirhininae)
Brachybamus electus Germar, 1836 - IN (widespread, on Sagittaria; Downie and Arnett 1996:1538)

Euhrychiopsis Dietz, 1896 (Subfamily Ceutorhynchinae)
Euhrychiopsis lecontei (Dietz, 1896) Phytobius (orig.) - Creed 1998

Lissorhopterus LeConte 1876 (Subfamily Erirhininae)
Lissorhopterus buchanani Kuschel, 1952 - Downie and Arnett 1996:1537
Lissorhopterus lacustris Kuschel, 1952 - Downie and Arnett 1996:1537
Lissorhopterus oryzophilus Kuschel, 1952 - Downie and Arnett 1996:1537 (rice water weevil)

Listronotus Jekel, 1865 (Subfamily Cylydrorhininae)
[some species listed herein may not be aquatic or semi-/peri-aquatic]
Listronotus appendiculatus (Boheman, 1842 as Listroderes) - Downie and Arnett 1996:1503
Listronotus caudatus (Say, 1824 as Rhynchaenus - Downie and Arnett 1996:1501-1502
Listronotus delumbis (Gyllenhal, 1834 as Listroderes) - Downie and Arnett 1996:1505
Listronotus dorsalis (Dietz, 1889 as Macrops - IN, IL, MN (Downie and Arnett 1996:1504)
Listronotus echinatus (Dietz, 1889 as Macrops) - Downie and Arnett 1996:1504-1505
Listronotus echinodori O'Brien, 1977 - MN, OH (Downie and Arnett 1996:1503)
Listronotus frontalis LeConte, 1876 - IN, IL, MN, OH, ON, WI (Downie and Arnett 1996:1503)
Listronotus grypidiodes (Dietz, 1889 as Macrops) - IN, MN (Downie and Arnett 1996:1504)
Listronotus humilus (Gyllenhal, 1834 as Listroderes) - Downie and Arnett 1996:1506
Listronotus laramiensis (Angell, 1893 as Macrops)
Listronotus maculicollis (Kirby, 1837 as Macrops) - Downie and Arnett 1996:1505
Listronotus montanus (Dietz, 1889 as Macrops) - IN, IL, MN
Listronotus sparsus (Say, 1831 as Listroderes) - Downie and Arnett 1996:1505
Listronotus squamiger (Say, 1831 as Listroderes)- Downie and Arnett 1996:1502
Listronotus tuberosus LeConte, 1876 - Downie and Arnett 1996:1502
Listronotus vitticollis (Kirby, 1837 as Macrops) - ON, south (Downie and Arnett 1996:1504)

Lixellus LeConte, 1876 (Subfamily Cylydrorhininae)
Lixellus filiformis LeConte, 1876 - IN, MN (Downie and Arnett 1996:1506)
Lixellus hubbardi (LeConte, 1876 as Anchodemus) - Downie and Arnett 1996:1506
Lixellus lutulentus (Boheman, 1843 as Erirhinus) - Downie and Arnett 1996:1506

Lixus Fabricius, 1801 (Subfamily Cleoninae)
Lixus caudifer LeConte, 1876 - IL, IN (Downie and Arnett 1996:1513)
Lixus concavus Say, 1831 - Downie and Arnett 1996:1514
Lixus musculus Say, 1831 - Downie and Arnett 1996:1514
Lixus parcus LeConte, 1876 - IL, IN, ON (Downie and Arnett 1996:1514)
Lixus punctinasus LeConte, 1876 - IL, OH, WI (Downie and Arnett 1996:1514)
Lixus rubellus Randall, 1838 - Downie and Arnett 1996:1513
Lixus sobrinus Casey - IL, IN, WI (Downie and Arnett 1996:1515)

Notiodes Schönherr, 1838 (Subfamily Erirhininae)
Notiodes ovalis (LeConte, 1876 as Endalus) - IN, OH, ON, MN (Downie and Arnett 1996:1538)
Notiodes cribricollis (LeConte, 1876 as Endalus) - widespread (Downie and Arnett 1996:1538)
Notiodes limatulus (Gyllenhal, 1836 as Notiophilus) - Downie and Arnett 1996:1538

Onychylis LeConte, 1876 (Subfamily Erirhininae)
Onychylis longulus LeConte, 1876 - Downie and Arnett 1996:1539
Onychylis nigrirostris (Boheman, 1843 as Notiodes) - Downie and Arnett 1996; 1539

Phytobius Schönherr, 1833 (Subfamily Ceutorhynchinae)
Phytobius leucogaster (Marsham, 1802 as Curculio) - Downie and Arnett 1996 (introduced)

Rhinoncus Schönherr, 1825 (Subfamily Ceutorhynchinae)
Rhinoncus asperulus (Dietz, 1896 as Pelenomus) - Downie and Arnett 1996
Rhinoncus fuliginosus (Dietz, 1896 as Mecopeltus) - IN (widespread)
Rhinoncus gracilipes (Dietz, 1896 as Pelenomus) - widespread
Rhinoncus squamosus (LeConte, 1876 as Pelenomus) - Downie and Arnett 1996
Rhinoncus sulcicollis (Fåhraeus, 1843 as Phytobius) - Downie and Arnett 1996

Stenopelmus Schönherr, 1836 (Subfamily Erirhininae)
Stenopelmus rufinasus Gyllenhal, 1836 - IN (widespread; Downie and Arnett 1996:1539)

Tanysphyrus Germar, 1817 (Subfamily Erirhininae) - on Lemna sp. (duckweed)
Tanysphyrus lemnae (Fabricius) - Downie and Arnett 1996
Tanysphyrus ater Blatchley - Downie and Arnett 1996

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