Rhopalotria

Rhopalotria
Rhopalotria dimidiata
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Family: Belidae
Genus:
Chevrolat, 1878

Rhopalotria is a genus of cycad weevils in the beetle family Belidae. There are about six described species in Rhopalotria.[1][2][3]

Species of Rhopalotria are pollinators of various species of Zamia in the Americas.[4]


Species

These six species belong to the genus Rhopalotria:

  • Rhopalotria dimidiata Chevrolat, 1878
  • Rhopalotria furfuracea O'Brien & Tang, 2015
  • Rhopalotria mollis (Sharp, 1890)
  • Rhopalotria slossonae (Schaeffer, 1905)
  • Rhopalotria slossoni (Schaeffer, 1905)
  • Rhopalotria vovidesi O'Brien & Tang, 2015

References

  1. ^ "Rhopalotria Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
  2. ^ "Rhopalotria". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
  3. ^ Segalla, Rosane; Telles, Francismeire Jane; Pinhiero, Fabio; Morellato, Patricia (October 22, 2019). "A Review of Current Knowledge of Zamiaceae, with Emphsis on Zamia From South America". Tropical Conservation Science. 12. Mutualistic Interaction: Plant-Pollinators. doi:10.1177/1940082919877479.

Further reading

  • O'Brien, Charles W. (1991). "Family: Allocorynidae". A Catalog of the Coleoptera of America North of Mexico. USDA Agriculture Handbook. United States Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service.
  • Lobl, I.; Smetana, A., eds. (2013). Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 7: Curculionoidea I. Apollo Books. ISBN 978-90-04-26093-1.
  • Lobl, I.; Smetana, A., eds. (2013). Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 8: Curculionoidea II. Apollo Books. ISBN 978-90-04-25916-4.
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