Diocalandra

Diocalandra
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Family: Curculionidae
Subfamily: Dryophthorinae
Genus:
Faust, 1894

Diocalandra[1] is a genus of weevils in the subfamily Dryophthorinae and the monotypic tribe Diocalandrini. Species are distributed mostly in Africa, Asia and Australia[2] and includes the lesser or four-spotted coconut weevil.

Species

The Global Biodiversity Information Facility lists:[2]

  • Diocalandra caelata Marshall, 1948
  • Diocalandra crucigera Motschulsky & V.de, 1858
  • Diocalandra frumenti Fabricius, 1801[3]
  • Diocalandra impressicollis E.Csiki, 1936
  • Diocalandra kamiyai Morimoto, 1978
  • Diocalandra nigromaculata Voss, 1955
  • Diocalandra punctigera E.Csiki, 1936
  • Diocalandra reticulata Heller & K.M., 1927
  • Diocalandra rugosula Marshall, 1952
  • Diocalandra sasa Morimoto, 1978
  • Diocalandra sechellarum Kolbe & H.J., 1910
  • Diocalandra stigmaticollis A.Hustache, 1924
  • Diocalandra subfasciatus E.Csiki, 1936
  • Diocalandra subsignata E.Csiki, 1936
  • Diocalandra taitensis E.Csiki, 1936

References

  1. ^ Faust (1894) Ann. Mus. Stor. Nat. Genova 34.
  2. ^ a b Global Biodiversity Information Facility: Diocalandra Faust, 1894 (retrieved 9 January 2020)
  3. ^ "Diocalandra frumenti (Fabricius, 1801): lesser coconut weevil". Discover Life. Retrieved 9 January 2020.