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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Water, Rove, Scarab, Longhorn, Leaf and Snout Beetles (Polyphaga) » Snout and Bark Beetles (Curculionoidea) » Snout and Bark Beetles (Curculionidae) » Dryophthorinae » Rhynchophorini » Rhynchophorus

Genus Rhynchophorus

Classification · Numbers · Size · Identification · Range · Food · Remarks · Works Cited
palmetto weevil - Rhynchophorus cruentatus LRGV Palmetto Weevil, front view - Rhynchophorus cruentatus - male Cocklebur Weevil??? - Rhynchophorus cruentatus Red Palm Weevil, Rhynchophorus ferrugineus (Olivier) (Coleopetera: Curculionidae) - Rhynchophorus ferrugineus Red Palm Weevil, Rhynchophorus ferrugineus (Olivier) (Coleopetera: Curculionidae) - Rhynchophorus ferrugineus Beetle or Weevil? - Rhynchophorus id please - Rhynchophorus cruentatus Rhynchophorus cruentatus, I think - Rhynchophorus cruentatus
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Coleoptera (Beetles)
Suborder Polyphaga (Water, Rove, Scarab, Longhorn, Leaf and Snout Beetles)
Superfamily Curculionoidea (Snout and Bark Beetles)
Family Curculionidae (Snout and Bark Beetles)
Subfamily Dryophthorinae
Tribe Rhynchophorini
Genus Rhynchophorus
Numbers
2 spp. in our area(1), several more in the tropics worldwide
Size
the largest weevils in our area, 20-31 mm(2)
Identification
widely conical, truncate antennal club distinctive(1)
Range
1 sp. in coastal se. US (SC-FL-TX), another in CA(1)(2)
Food
on various palms(2)
Remarks
larvae of palm weevils are considered a delicacy in some parts of the world
Works Cited
1.American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea
By Arnett, R.H., Jr., M. C. Thomas, P. E. Skelley and J. H. Frank. (eds.)
2.Weevils of South Carolina (Coleoptera: Nemonychidae, Attelabidae, Brentidae, Ithyceridae, and Curculionidae).
By Janet C. Ciegler. 2010
Contributed by Troy Bartlett on 16 February, 2004 - 12:32pm
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, v belov
Last updated 15 December, 2011 - 10:16am

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