Biology:Rhinostomus

Short description: Genus of beetles

Rhinostomus
Museum specimen of Rhinostomus barbirostris
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Infraorder:	Cucujiformia
Family:	Curculionidae
Subfamily:	Dryophthorinae
Genus:	Rhinostomus Rafinesque, 1815
Synonyms
Rhina Latreille, 1806 Homo. Harpacterus Schoenherr, 1845 Syn. Harpactericus Agassiz, 1846 Emend. Harpacteriscus Agassiz, 1846 Lapsus Rhinus Pierce, 1916 Lapsus

Rhinostomus is a genus of the true weevil family, Curculionidae and the monotypic tribe Rhinostomini. They include "yucca weevils" and were previously placed in a genus called Yuccaborus; in 2002, this was determined to be a taxonomic synonym of Rhinostomus, and the species, Y. frontalis, was moved to the genus Rhinostomus.

Species

• Rhinostomus barbirostris
• Rhinostomus frontalis - formerly Yuccaborus frontalis
• Rhinostomus meldolae
• Rhinostomus niger
• Rhinostomus oblitus
• Rhinostomus quadrisignatus
• Rhinostomus scrutator
• Rhinostomus thompsoni

References

• Gwannon
• Patricia Vaurie Weevils of the Tribe Sipalini (Coleoptera, Curculionidae, Rhynchophorinae) Part 1. The Genera Rhinostomus and Yuccaborus
• Key to species of Rhinostomus
• Morrone, J.J., Cuevas, P.I. (2002) Cladistics of the pantropical genus Rhinostomus (Coleoptera: Curculionoidea: Dryophthoridae) with nomenclatural notes

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q14923272 entry