Kingdom Animalia Family Curculionidae Tribe Orthognathini Rank Genus | Class Insecta Subfamily Dryophthorinae Phylum Arthropoda Order Beetle | |
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Similar Sipalinus gigas, Beetle, Dryophthorinae, Dryophthorus, Cyrtotrachelus | ||
Sipalinus is a genus of beetles belonging to the family Curculionidae.
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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
References
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