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Tribe Naupactini

Weevil? - Naupactus cervinus Platyomus flexicaulis (Schaeffer) - Platyomus flexicaulis BG2649 E5651 - Naupactus peregrinus Ericydeus lautus? - Ericydeus lautus Broad-nosed Weevil - Naupactus cervinus Naupactus leucoloma Naupactus Naupactus cervinus? - Naupactus cervinus
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 Entiminae (Broad-nosed Weevils)
Tribe Naupactini
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Aramigus Horn, Naupactus Dejean, and Atrichonotus Buchanan, now recognized as separate genera, used to be treated as parts of Pantomorus Schönherr
Explanation of Names
Naupactini Gistel 1848 nomen protectum
Numbers
~two dozen spp. (half of which adventive) in 10 genera in our area; ~500 spp. in ~70 genera total(1)
Size
3.5‒35 mm(1), our spp. up to ~12 mm
Range
New World, by far more diverse in S.America(1)
Works Cited
1.Phylogeny of the tribe Naupactini (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) based on morphological characters
Lanteri A.A., Del Rio M.G. 2016. Sys. Entomol. 42: 429–447.