Cosmopolites
Genus of beetles
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Cosmopolites is a genus of true weevil in the Dryophthorinae subfamily[1] and tribe Sphenophorini. The type species and most economically important is the banana weevil Cosmopolites sordidus.[2][3]
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| Cosmopolites sordidus | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Cucujiformia |
| Family: | Curculionidae |
| Tribe: | Sphenophorini |
| Genus: | Cosmopolites Chevrolat, 1885 |
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Species
The genus contains at least five described species, including the following:
- Cosmopolites sordidus (Germar, 1824) Marshall, G.A.K., 1930, banana weevil, banana stemborer[4]
- Cosmopolites cribricollis Csiki, E., 1936
- Cosmopolites mendicus Csiki, E., 1936
- Cosmopolites pruinosus Heller, K.M., 1934
- Cosmopolites striatus Fairmaire, L., 1902
