Rhinastus
| Rhinastus | |
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| Rhinastus sternicornis from Brazil | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Cucujiformia |
| Superfamily: | Curculionoidea |
| Family: | Curculionidae |
| Subfamily: | Molytinae |
| Tribe: | Cholini |
| Genus: | Rhinastus Schoenherr, 1826 |
Rhinastus is a genus of beetles belonging to the family Curculionidae.
Description
[edit]The species of this genus are generally large and broad weevils, quite flattened, yellowish, with very long beaks and legs and a striking sexual dimorphism.
List of species
[edit]- Rhinastus elephas Dupont in Dejean, P.F.M.A., 1836
- Rhinastus granulatus Roelofs, W., 1879
- Rhinastus latisternus Guérin-Méneville, 1844
- Rhinastus scolopax Dejean, P.F.M.A.
- Rhinastus sternicornis Schoenherr, 1825
References
[edit]- Catalogue of Life
- Zipcodezoo
- Patricia Vaurie Revision of Rhinastus and Description of a New Species of Cholus (Coleoptera, Curculionidae, Cholinae
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