Cactophagus

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Cactophagus
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Cactophagus sanguinolentus, Costa Rica
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Curculionidae
Subfamily: Dryophthorinae
Tribe: Rhynchophorini
Subtribe: Sphenophorina
Genus: Cactophagus
LeConte, 1876

Cactophagus is a genus of snout and bark beetles in the family Dryophthoridae found in Central America, southern North America, and northern South America. There are more than 50 described species in Cactophagus. [1] [2] [3]

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Cactophagus spinolae, Cactus weevil, Mexico Cactophagus spinolae (Curculionidae) I.jpg
Cactophagus spinolae, Cactus weevil, Mexico

Species

These 56 species belong to the genus Cactophagus:

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References

  1. "Cactophagus Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2020-06-06.
  2. "Cactophagus". GBIF. Retrieved 2020-06-06.
  3. "Cactophagus genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2020-06-06.