Romualdius
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| Romualdius | |
|---|---|
| Romualdius scaber | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Cucujiformia |
| Family: | Curculionidae |
| Genus: | Romualdius Borovec, 2009 |
Romualdius is a genus of snout and bark beetles in the family Curculionidae. There are a dozen described species in Romualdius. [1] The genus was raised by Roman Borovec in 2009 for a group of species formerly assigned to Trachyphloeus, and is named after the eminent Czech entomologist Romuald Formánek (1857-1927).[2]