Rhynchophorini

thumb|Sphenophorus cicatristriatus, Rocky Mountain Billbug thumb|Cactophagus spinolae, Cactus weevil from Teotihuacan

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Commons category: Rhynchophorini
taxon name: Rhynchophorini
taxon rank: tribe

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thumb|Sphenophorus cicatristriatus, Rocky Mountain Billbug thumb|Cactophagus spinolae, Cactus weevil from Teotihuacan

The tribe Rhynchophorini is the largest member of the true weevil subfamily Dryophthorinae. Alonso-Zarazaga and Lyal (1999) treated it as a distinct subfamily, Rhynchophorinae (in the family Dryophthoridae). Weevils of this tribe have the pygidium (VII abdominal tergite) not covered by the elytra.

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