Archarius pyrrhoceras (T.Marsham, 1802) is a animal in the Curculionidae family, order Coleoptera, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.

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Archarius pyrrhoceras (T.Marsham, 1802)

Archarius pyrrhoceras (T.Marsham, 1802)

Archarius pyrrhoceras is a European weevil whose larvae live as inquilines in Cynipidae wasp galls on oaks.

Family
Genus
Archarius
Order
Coleoptera
Class
Insecta

About Archarius pyrrhoceras (T.Marsham, 1802)

Archarius pyrrhoceras is a weevil species that is native to Europe. In its larval stage, this weevil is an inquiline, meaning it lives inside galls produced by Cynipidae wasps on oak trees.

Photo: (c) Andreas Bennetsen Boe, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-ND), uploaded by Andreas Bennetsen Boe · cc-by-nc-nd

Taxonomy

Animalia Arthropoda Insecta Coleoptera Curculionidae Archarius

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Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer

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