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Rhinostomus
Sign in to saveRhinostomus 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.
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 9
- With media
- 2
- Family
- Dryophthoridae
- Collections
- CASC, USNM, NHMUK, MZLU, PSUC
- Recorded in
- United States, Nigeria, Tanzania, Cameroon, Ghana
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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
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Rhinostomus” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.