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| Rhinocyllus | |
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| Rhinocyllus conicus | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Cucujiformia |
| Superfamily: | Curculionoidea |
| Family: | Curculionidae |
| Subfamily: | Lixinae |
| Tribe: | Rhinocyllini |
| Genus: | Rhinocyllus Germar, 1817 [1] |
Rhinocyllus is a small genus of true weevil, with 4 species described.[2] The host plants of this genus are thistles in the subtribe Carduinae.[3] Its sister group is Bangasternus.[3]
The most well-known species is R. conicus which is a controversial agent of biological pest control which has been used against noxious thistles in the genera Carduus, Cirsium, Onopordum, and Silybum.
Species
[edit]- Rhinocyllus alpinus Gültekin, Diotti & Caldara, 2019
- Rhinocyllus conicus (Frölich, 1792)
- Rhinocyllus oblongus Capiomont, 1873
- Rhinocyllus turkestanicus Desbrochers des Loges, 1900
References
[edit]- ↑ "Rhinocyllus". Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
- ↑ Ter-Minasyan ME. 1967. Weevils of the sub-family Cleoninae in the fauna of the USSR; tribe Lixini. New Delhi: Amerind Publishing Co
- 1 2 Martin Brandle; Steffi Knoll; Sabine Eber; Jutta Stadler & Roland Brandl. "Flies on thistles: support for synchronous speciation?" (PDF). Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 2005, 84, 775–783. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-06-05. Retrieved 2010-01-29.
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