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More than 2200 species of the wild flora and fauna photographed in Zihuatanejo, Guerrero, Mexico and the surrounding area.
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Beetles of Zihuatanejo
ORDER COLEOPTERA
Pantomorus picipes
Pantomorus picipes
-Arthropods (Phylum Arthropoda)
-Hexapods (Subphylum Hexapoda)
-Winged and Once-winged Insects (Subclass Pterygota)
-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)
-Genus Pantomorus
-Pantomorus picipes
Pantomorus picipes is a species of broad-nosed weevil in the family Curculionidae, belonging to a group often called “root weevils.” Like others in the genus Pantomorus, it is flightless—its wing covers (elytra) are fused, giving the insect a firm, slightly oval shape.

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