Rhynchophorus

Rhynchophorus, or common name palm weevils, is a genus of beetles in the weevil family, Curculionidae. Palm weevils are major pests of various trees in the family Arecaceae throughout the tropics including: coconut (Cocos nucifera), Areca catechu, species of the genus Phoenix, and Metroxylon sagu.^[3] Two species are invasive pests outside their native ranges, Rhynchophorus ferrugineus^[4] and Rhynchophorus palmarum.^[5]

Rhynchophorus
Rhynchophorus ferrugineus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Family:	Curculionidae
Subfamily:	Dryophthorinae
Tribe:	Rhynchophorini
Genus:	Rhynchophorus Herbst, 1795
Species[1]
10 species; see text
Synonyms
Calandra[2] Cordyle Thunberg, 1797 Rynchophorus Herbst, 1795 (lapsus calami)

Species

Image	Common name	Scientific name	Native distribution
	black palm weevil	Rhynchophorus bilineatus (Montrouzier, 1857)	Moluccas, Papua New Guinea and Solomon Islands
	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 distinctus Wattanapongsiri, 1966	Kalimantan
	red palm weevil	Rhynchophorus ferrugineus (Olivier, 1790) (aka Calandra ferruginea (Fabricius, 1801))	tropical Asia, Sri Lanka and the Philippines
		Rhynchophorus labatus Ritsema, 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 quadrangulus Quedenfeldt, 1888	Cameroon
		Rhynchophorus richteri Wattanapongsiri, 1966
	Sago palm weevil	Rhynchophorus vulneratus (Panzer, 1798)	Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, Singapore, and Thailand

References

1. Wattanapongsiri, A. 1966. A revision of the genera Rhynchophorus and Dynamis (Coleoptera: Curculionidae). Department of Agriculture Science Bulletin 1: 1-328
2. Rhode, B.E.; Crosby, T.K. (16 July 2012). "Red Palm Weevil - Other Names". Plant Biosecurity Cooperative Research Centre - PaDIL. Archived from the original on 5 November 2016. Retrieved 5 November 2016.
3. Giant palm weevils of the genus Rhynchophorus (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) and their threat to Florida palms. Archived 2016-03-05 at the Wayback Machine Pest Alert. Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services. 2010.
4. Rugman-Jones P.F., Hoddle C.D., Hoddle M.S., Stouthamer R. (2013). "The Lesser of Two Weevils: Molecular-Genetics of Pest Palm Weevil Populations Confirm Rhynchophorus vulneratus (Panzer 1798) as a Valid Species Distinct from R. ferrugineus (Olivier 1790), and Reveal the Global Extent of Both". PLoS ONE. 8 (10): e78379. Bibcode:2013PLoSO...878379R. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0078379. PMC 3797061. PMID 24143263.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
5. Biology and Management of South American Palm Weevil, Rhynchophorus palmarum (L.) (Coleoptera: Curculionidae), in California

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