Rhinocyllus
Appearance
Rhinocyllus | |
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Rhinocyllus conicus | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Coleoptera |
Family: | Curculionidae |
Subfamily: | Lixinae |
Tribe: | Rhinocyllini |
Genus: | Rhinocyllus Germar, 1817 [1] |
Rhinocyllus is a small genus of true weevil, with 4 species described.[2] The host plants of this genus are thistles in the subtribe Carduinae.[3] Its sister group is Bangasternus.[3]
The most well-known species is R. conicus which is a controversial agent of biological pest control which has been used against noxious thistles in the genera Carduus, Cirsium, Onopordum, and Silybum.
Species
[edit]- Rhinocyllus alpinus Gültekin, Diotti & Caldara, 2019
- Rhinocyllus conicus (Frölich, 1792)
- Rhinocyllus oblongus Capiomont, 1873
- Rhinocyllus turkestanicus Desbrochers des Loges, 1900
References
[edit]- ^ "Rhinocyllus". Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
- ^ Ter-Minasyan ME. 1967. Weevils of the sub-family Cleoninae in the fauna of the USSR; tribe Lixini. New Delhi: Amerind Publishing Co
- ^ a b Martin Brandle; Steffi Knoll; Sabine Eber; Jutta Stadler & Roland Brandl. "Flies on thistles: support for synchronous speciation?" (PDF). Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 2005, 84, 775–783.