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