Miarus hispidulus
LeConte, 1876 
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Source: O'Brien, C.W., Wibmer, G.J. 1982.
Family: Curculionidae
Ovate, convex, black, with a feeble bronzed tinge, clothed with grayish erect hairs. Beak long and slender, extending beyond the middle coxae, smooth, feebly punctured at base. Prothorax wider than long, narrowed from the base forwards, obliquely but slightly rounded on the sides, densely and finely punctured. Elytra a little wider than the prothorax, shining, striae deep, slightly punctured, interspaces nearly flat, rugose and punctulate. Thighs not toothed; tibiae slender, straight, not armed with a hook.
Length 2 mm.; 0.08 inch.
Texas, Illinois, Florida and Pennsylvania. In well preserved specimens the sides of the prothorax beneath, and the trunk are clothed with dirty white scales. This species is allied to the European M. distinctus, but differsby the unarmed thighs.
