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Genus Rhynchophorus

LRGV Palmetto Weevil, dorsal view - Rhynchophorus cruentatus - male Red Palm Weevil, Rhynchophorus ferrugineus (Olivier) (Coleopetera: Curculionidae) - Rhynchophorus ferrugineus Palmetto Weevil - Rhynchophorus cruentatus Snout - Rhynchophorus cruentatus Rhynchophorus cruentatus Palmetto Weevil - Rhynchophorus cruentatus Rhynchophorus sp.? - Rhynchophorus palmarum - female Rhynchophorus sp.? - Rhynchophorus palmarum - female
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 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
Arnett, R.H., Jr., M. C. Thomas, P. E. Skelley and J. H. Frank. (eds.). 2002. CRC Press LLC, Boca Raton, FL.
2.Weevils of South Carolina (Coleoptera: Nemonychidae, Attelabidae, Brentidae, Ithyceridae, and Curculionidae).
Janet C. Ciegler. 2010. Clemson University, Clemson, S.C. 276 pp.
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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