Rhodobaenus augustinus

Rhodobaenus augustinus

Rhodobaenus augustinus is a large weevil in the genus Rhodobaenus. The tribe Rhynchophorini is the largest member of the true weevil subfamily Dryophthorinae.
Rhodobaenus augustinus One of many colourful weevils fro Cerro Montezuma - identified from https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/703384-Rhodobaenus-augustinus Cerro Montezuma,Rhodobaenus augustinus,Tatama National Park

Naming

Günther, 1941.
Alonso-Zarazaga and Lyal (1999) treated it as a distinct subfamily, Rhynchophorinae (in the family Dryophthoridae).
Rhodobaenus augustinus, Los Cedros Reserve, Ecuador Ecuador,Ecuador 2021,Fall,Geotagged,Los Cedros Reserve,Rhodobaenus augustinus,South America,World

Distribution

Columbia

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https://www.revolvy.com/page/Rhynchophorini
Taxonomy
KingdomAnimalia
DivisionArthropoda
ClassInsecta
OrderColeoptera
FamilyCirculionidae
GenusRhodobaenus
SpeciesRhodobaenus augustinus
Photographed in
Colombia
Ecuador