''Sipalinus'' is a genus of beetles belonging to the family

Curculionidae The Curculionidae are a family of weevils, commonly called snout beetles or true weevils. They are one of the largest animal families, with 6,800 genera and 83,000 species described worldwide. They are the sister group to the family Brentidae. T ...

Description

''Sipalinus'' is composed of seven species, five from Africa and two from Eurasia and Australasia. These species are quite large (up to 28 mm.) and robust, the basic colour is brownish, the surface is crusty looking, often heavily tuberculate and elytra are usually mottled with whitish and dark brown. Some species are wood bores, and may occasionally be found in wood used for crates or structural timbers.

List of species and subspecies

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Sipalinus gigas ''Sipalinus gigas'' is a species of beetles belonging to the family Curculionidae. Description ''Sipalinus gigas'' can reach a length of . The surface is covered with brownish crusty coating. Beak is moderately arcuate and punctured. Pronotum ...

'' (Fabricius) **''Sipalinus gigas gigas'' (Fabricius) ** ''Sipalinus gigas granulatus'' (Fabricius) * '' Sipalinus yunnanensis'' * '' Sipalinus guineensis'' (Fabricius) * '' Sipalinus burmeisteri'' (Boheman) * '' Sipalinus squalidus'' (Kolbe) * '' Sipalinus aloysiisabaudiae'' (Camerano) * '' Sipalinus auritvilli'' (Duvivier) * '' Semiotus zonatus'' Candèze, 1874

References

* Vaurie, Patrici
Weevils of the tribe Sipalini (Coleoptera, Curculionidae, Rhynchophorinae). Part 3, The genus Sipalinus. American Museum novitates; no. 2463

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