Sphenophorini

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Sphenophorini
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Sphenophorus striatopunctatus
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Curculionidae
Subfamily: Dryophthorinae
Tribe: Sphenophorini
Lacordaire, 1865
Synonyms

Sphenophorina Lacordaire, 1865

The Sphenophorini [1] are an important tribe of weevils in the subfamily Dryophthorinae; however, BioLib places this taxon at the subtribe level. [2]

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Genera

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Cactophagus sanguinolentus

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References

  1. Lacordaire JT (1866) Histoire Naturelle des Insectes. Genera des Coléoptères ou exposé méthodique et critique de tous les genres proposés jusqu'ici dans cet ordre d'insectes, vol.: 7. Roret. Paris: 620 pages.
  2. BioLib.cz: Sphenophorina Lacordaire, 1865 (retrieved 21 December 2019)