Rhinastus

Rhinastus
Rhinastus sternicornis from Brazil
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Family:	Curculionidae
Subfamily:	Molytinae
Tribe:	Cholini
Subtribe:	Rhinastina
Genus:	Rhinastus Schoenherr, 1826

Rhinastus is a genus of beetles belonging to the family Curculionidae.

Description

The species of this genus are generally large and broad weevils, quite flattened, yellowish, with very long beaks and legs and a striking sexual dimorphism.

List of Species

• Rhinastus elephas Dupont in Dejean, P.F.M.A., 1836
• Rhinastus granulatus Roelofs, W., 1879
• Rhinastus latisternus Guérin-Méneville, 1844
• Rhinastus scolopax Dejean, P.F.M.A.
• Rhinastus sternicornis Schoenherr, 1825

References

• Catalogue of Life
• Zipcodezoo
• Patricia Vaurie Revision of Rhinastus and Description of a New Species of Cholus (Coleoptera, Curculionidae, Cholinae