Genus Derelomus

Classification · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Range · Habitat

Which weevil is this? - Derelomus piriformis

Derelomus subcostatus - Derelomus costiger

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 Curculioninae

Tribe Derelomini

Genus Derelomus

Explanation of Names

Derelomus Schönherr 1825

Numbers

2 spp. (both adventive) in our area, 50‒60 total; "Julien Haran in France is revising the genus and he will report data on these two introductions." (R.S. Anderson, pers.comm. to =v= 10.ⅲ.2025)

Range

warmer regions of the Old World, esp. the tropics; in our area, CA & FL

Habitat

adults are palm pollinators

Contributed by v belov on 27 September, 2013 - 5:44pm
Last updated 10 March, 2025 - 6:35pm

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