Rhynchophorus

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Endopterygota
Superordo: Coleopterida
Ordo: Coleoptera
Subordo: Polyphaga
Superfamilia: Curculionoidea

Familia: Curculionidae
Subfamilia: Dryophthorinae
Tribus: Rhynchophorini
Genus: Rhynchophorus
Species: R. ferrugineus – R. palmarum – R. vulneratus
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Name

Rhynchophorus Herbst, 1795
Source: Herbst 1795: 3 Archive.org
Gender: masculine
Type species: Curculio ferrugineus Olivier, 1790

References

Herbst, J.F. 1795: Natursystem aller bekannten in- und ausländischen Insekten. Der Käfer 6. 520 pp. Berlin: Pauli Archive.org

Links

Rhynchophorus Taxon details on Fauna Europaea

Rhynchophorus, or common name palm weevil, is a genus of beetles in the weevil family, Curculionidae. Palm weevils are major pests of various trees in the family Arecaceae throughout the tropics including: coconut (Cocos nucifera), Areca catechu, species of the genus Phoenix, and Metroxylon sagu.[3]
Species

Image	Common name	Scientific name	Native distribution
	black palm weevil	Rhynchophorus bilineatus (Montrouzier, 1857)	Moluccas, Papua New Guinea and Solomon Islands
	palmetto weevil	Rhynchophorus cruentatus (Fabricius, 1775)	Florida, but has been found as far as southern Texas to the west and South Carolina to the north.
		Rhynchophorus distinctus Wattanapongsiri, 1966	Kalimantan
	red palm weevil	Rhynchophorus ferrugineus (Olivier, 1790) (aka Calandra ferruginea (Fabricius, 1801))	tropical Asia, Sri Lanka and the Philippines
		Rhynchophorus labatus Ritsema, 1882	Sumatra
	South American palm weevil	Rhynchophorus palmarum (Linnaeus, 1758)	Argentina to Paraguay and north through South and Central America to central Mexico and the Caribbean (Barbados, Dominica, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Martinique, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent, Grenadines, Trinidad and Tobago, and perhaps Cuba, Dominican Republic, and Puerto Rico
	African palm weevil	Rhynchophorus phoenicis (Fabricius, 1801)	Senegal to Ethiopia and South Africa.
		Rhynchophorus quadrangulus Quedenfeldt, 1888	Cameroon
		Rhynchophorus richteri Wattanapongsiri, 1966
	Sago palm weevil	Rhynchophorus vulneratus (Panzer, 1798)	Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, Singapore, and Thailand

References

Wattanapongsiri, A. 1966. A revision of the genera Rhynchophorus and Dynamis (Coleoptera: Curculionidae). Department of Agriculture Science Bulletin 1: 1-328
Rhode, B.E.; Crosby, T.K. (16 July 2012). "Red Palm Weevil - Other Names". Plant Biosecurity Cooperative Research Centre - PaDIL. Retrieved 5 November 2016.
Giant palm weevils of the genus Rhynchophorus (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) and their threat to Florida palms. Pest Alert. Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services. 2010.