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Beetles of Zihuatanejo

ORDER COLEOPTERA

Macromerus Weevils
Macromerus (Genus)

-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)

-Subfamily Cryptorhynchinae

-Tribe Cryptorhynchini

-Subtribe Cryptorhynchina

-Genus Macromerus


The Maromerus genus belongs to the Curculionidae family (true weevils), specifically the Cryptorhynchinae subfamily. Members of this subfamily, including Maromerus, are often referred to as woodboring weevils due to their characteristic behavior of feeding on and inhabiting wood or plant stems. Cryptorhynchinae weevils, including Maromerus, typically have specialized adaptations for living in wood and similar plant material.

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