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 B14
    |--Cerocranus extremus Kuschel 2008 B14
    |--Blastobius B14
    |--Cranopoeus B14
    |--Docolens B14
    |--Cranoides B14
    |--Onychomerus B14
    |--Spanochelus B14
    |--Enneaeus B14
    |--Swezeyella B14
    |--Fergusoniella B14
    `--Cratoscelocis B14

*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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