Rhynchophorini

Rhynchophorini
Male (left) and female specimens of Cyrtotrachelus dux
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Infraorder:	Cucujiformia
Family:	Curculionidae
Subfamily:	Dryophthorinae
Tribe:	Rhynchophorini Schönherr, 1838

Sphenophorus cicatristriatus, Rocky Mountain Billbug

Cactophagus spinolae, Cactus weevil from Teotihuacan

The tribe Rhynchophorini is the largest member of the true weevil subfamily Dryophthorinae. Alonso-Zarazaga and Lyal (1999) treated it as a distinct subfamily, Rhynchophorinae. Weevils of this tribe have the pygidium (VII abdominal tergite) not covered by the elytra.

This tribe includes the largest weevils of the subfamily, such as palm weevils.

Genera and selected species

• Abrachius
• Cactophagus LeConte, 1876
• Cosmopolites Chevrolat, 1885
• Cyrtotrachelus
  • Cyrtotrachelus dux
• Dynamis
• Macrocheirus
• Mahakamia
• Metamasius Horn, 1873
• Omotemnus
• Otidognathus
• Paratasis
• Pristirhina
• Protocerius
• Rhodobaenus LeConte, 1876
• Rhynchodynamis
• Rhynchophorinus
• Rhynchophorus Herbst, 1795
  • Rhynchophorus palmarum – American Palm Weevil
  • Rhynchophorus ferrugineus – Red Palm Weevil
  • Rhynchophorus cruentatus – Palmetto Weevil
• Scyphophorus Schönherr, 1838
• Sitophilus Schönherr, 1838
• Sphenophorus Schönherr, 1838

References

• Alonso-Zarazaga, M. A. & Lyal, C.H.C. 1999. A world catalogue of families and genera of curculionoidea (Insecta Coleoptera (Excepting Scolytidae and Platypodidae). Entomopraxis, SCP Edition, Barcelona
• Media related to Rhynchophorini at Wikimedia Commons
• Data related to Rhynchophorini at Wikispecies