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Species Sternochetus mangiferae - Mango Seed Weevil

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Coleoptera (Beetles)

Suborder Polyphaga

No Taxon (Series Cucujiformia)

Superfamily Curculionoidea

Family Curculionidae (Snout and Bark Beetles)

Subfamily Cryptorhynchinae (Hidden Snout Weevils)

Tribe Cryptorhynchini

Subtribe Cryptorhynchina

Genus Sternochetus

Species mangiferae (Mango Seed Weevil)

Explanation of Names

Sternochetus mangiferae (Fabricius 1775)

Size

7.5-10 mm(1)

Range

pantropical(1), intercepted in FL & CA, may not be established(2)

Remarks

pest of mango(2)

Works Cited

1.	PaDIL – High quality images and information tools designed for Biosecurity and Biodiversity

2.	American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea Arnett, R.H., Jr., M. C. Thomas, P. E. Skelley and J. H. Frank. (eds.). 2002. CRC Press LLC, Boca Raton, FL.

Contributed by v belov on 1 March, 2014 - 8:24pm

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