| Rhynchophorus | |
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| Rhynchophorus ferrugineus | |
Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Cucujiformia |
| Family: | Curculionidae |
| Subfamily: | Dryophthorinae |
| Tribe: | Rhynchophorini |
| Genus: | Rhynchophorus Herbst, 1795 |
| Species[1] | |
10 species; see text | |
| Synonyms | |
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Rhynchophorus, thepalm weevils, are a genus ofbeetles in the weevil family,Curculionidae. Palm weevils are major pests of various trees in the familyArecaceae throughout the tropics including:coconut (Cocos nucifera),Areca catechu, species of the genusPhoenix, andMetroxylon sagu.[3] Two species are invasive pests outside their native ranges,Rhynchophorus ferrugineus[4] andRhynchophorus palmarum.[5]
| Image | Common name | Scientific name | Native distribution |
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 | black palm weevil | Rhynchophorus bilineatus(Montrouzier, 1857) | Moluccas, Papua New Guinea and Solomon Islands |
Top.JPG) | 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 distinctusWattanapongsiri, 1966 | Kalimantan | ||
.jpg) | red palm weevil | Rhynchophorus ferrugineus(Olivier, 1790) (akaCalandra ferruginea(Fabricius, 1801)) | tropical Asia, Sri Lanka and the Philippines |
| Rhynchophorus labatusRitsema, 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 quadrangulusQuedenfeldt, 1888 | Cameroon | ||
| Rhynchophorus richteriWattanapongsiri, 1966 | |||
 | Sago palm weevil | Rhynchophorus vulneratus(Panzer, 1798) | Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, Singapore, and Thailand |
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