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Beetles of Zihuatanejo

ORDER COLEOPTERA

Eucoleocerus conicicollis
Eucoleocerus conicicollis

-Animals (Kingdom Animalia)

-Arthropods (Phylum Arthropoda)

-Hexapods (Subphylum Hexapoda)

-Insects (Class Insecta)

-Winged and Once-winged Insects (Subclass Pterygota)

-Beetles (Order Coleoptera​​)

-​Water, Rove, Scarab, Long-horned, Leaf, and Snout Beetles (Suborder Polyphaga)

-​Cucujiform Beetles (Infraorder Cucujiformia)

-Snout and Bark Beetles (Superfamily Curculionoidea)

-​True Weevils (Family Curculionidae)

-​Broad-nosed Weevils (Subfamily Entiminae)

-Tribe Eudiagogini

-Genus Eucoleocerus

-Eucoleocerus conicicollis


The genus Eucoleocerus belongs to the Curculionidae family, which is the family of true weevils, and is a part of the subfamily Entiminae. These are commonly known as broad-nosed weevils, a group that is distinguished by their relatively large and broad snouts (rostrum), which are typical of the weevil family.

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