Sipalinus

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: Orthognathini
Genus: Sipalinus
Species: S. gigas – S. yunnanensis
Name

Sipalinus Marshall, 1943
References

Atlas of family Dryophthoridae of Russia

Sipalinus is a genus of beetles belonging to the family Curculionidae.
Description

Sipalinus is composed of seven species, five from Africa and two from Eurasia and Australasia. These species are quite large (up to 28 mm.) and robust, the basic colour is brownish, the surface is crusty looking, often heavily tuberculate and elytra are usually mottled with whitish and dark brown. Some species are wood bores, and may occasionally be found in wood used for crates or structural timbers.[1]
List of species and subspecies

Sipalinus gigas (Fabricius)
Sipalinus gigas gigas (Fabricius)
Sipalinus gigas granulatus (Fabricius)
Sipalinus yunnanensis
Sipalinus guineensis (Fabricius)
Sipalinus burmeisteri (Boheman)
Sipalinus squalidus (Kolbe)
Sipalinus aloysiisabaudiae (Camerano)
Sipalinus auritvilli (Duvivier)
Semiotus zonatus Candèze, 1874

References

Dennis S. Hill (30 September 2002). Pests of Stored Foodstuffs and their Control. Springer. pp. 239–. ISBN 978-1-4020-0735-4.

Vaurie, Patricia Weevils of the tribe Sipalini (Coleoptera, Curculionidae, Rhynchophorinae). Part 3, The genus Sipalinus. American Museum novitates; no. 2463
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