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tribe The term tribe is used in many different contexts to refer to a category of human social group. The predominant worldwide usage of the term in English is in the discipline of anthropology. This definition is contested, in part due to confl ...

Rhynchophorini is the largest member of the true weevil subfamily Dryophthorinae. Alonso-Zarazaga and Lyal (1999) treated it as a distinct subfamily, Rhynchophorinae (in the family Dryophthoridae).* Alonso-Zarazaga, M. A. & Lyal, C.H.C. 1999. A world catalogue of families and genera of Curculionoidea (Insecta: Coleoptera, excepting Scolytidae and Platypodidae). Entomopraxis, SCP Edition, Barcelona Weevils of this tribe have the

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(VII abdominal

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) not covered by the

elytra An elytron (; ; , ) is a modified, hardened forewing of beetles (Coleoptera), though a few of the true bugs ( Hemiptera) such as the family Schizopteridae are extremely similar; in true bugs, the forewings are called hemelytra (sometimes altern ...

. This tribe includes the largest weevils of the subfamily, such as palm weevils.

Genera and selected species

* '' Abrachius'' * ''

Cactophagus ''Cactophagus'' is a genus of snout and bark beetles in the family Dryophthoridae Dryophthorinae is a weevil subfamily within the family Curculionidae. While it is not universally accepted as distinct from other curculionid subfamilies, at l ...

'' LeConte, 1876 * '' Cosmopolites'' Chevrolat, 1885 * '' Cyrtotrachelus'' ** '' Cyrtotrachelus dux'' * '' Dynamis'' * '' Macrocheirus'' * '' Mahakamia'' * '' Metamasius'' Horn, 1873 * '' Omotemnus'' * '' Otidognathus'' * '' Paratasis'' * '' Pristirhina'' * '' Protocerius'' * '' Rhodobaenus'' LeConte, 1876 * '' Rhynchodynamis'' * '' Rhynchophorinus'' * ''

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''), ''Ar ...

'' Herbst, 1795 ** '' Rhynchophorus palmarum'' – American Palm Weevil ** '' Rhynchophorus ferrugineus'' – Red Palm Weevil ** ''

Rhynchophorus cruentatus The palmetto weevil (''Rhynchophorus cruentatus'') is an insect native to Florida, but has been found as far as southern Texas to the west and South Carolina to the north. It is the largest weevil in North America and the only kind of palm weevi ...

'' – Palmetto Weevil * ''

Scyphophorus ''Scyphophorus'' is a genus of snout and bark beetles in the family Dryophthoridae. There are about 11 described species in ''Scyphophorus''. Species These 11 species belong to the genus ''Scyphophorus'': * ''Scyphophorus acupunctatus'' Gyllen ...

'' Schönherr, 1838 * '' Sitophilus'' Schönherr, 1838 * '' Sphenophorus'' Schönherr, 1838

References

* * {{Taxonbar, from=Q7269751 Dryophthorinae