Cranopoeini

Cerocranus extremus, copyright Rémy Amice.

Belongs within: Curculioninae.

The Cranopoeini are a group of weevils found in Australasia and on Pacific islands whose members produce waxy thoracic and elytral secretions that harden into solid excrescences (Bouchard 2014).

Cranopoeini
|--Cerocranus extremus Kuschel 2008B14
|--BlastobiusB14
|--CranopoeusB14
|--DocolensB14
|--CranoidesB14
|--OnychomerusB14
|--SpanochelusB14
|--EnneaeusB14
|--SwezeyellaB14
|--FergusoniellaB14
`--CratoscelocisB14

*Type species of generic name indicated

References

[B14] Bouchard, P. (ed.) 2014. The Book of Beetles: A lifesize guide to six hundred of nature’s gems. Ivy Press: Lewes (United Kingdom).

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