Rhinocyllus

Rhinocyllus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Family:	Curculionidae
Genus:	Rhinocyllus; Germar, 1817 [1]

Rhinocyllus is a small genus of true weevil, with about 4 species described.[2] This genus's host plant are thistles in the subtribe Carduinae.[3] The genus's sister group is Bangasternus.[3]

The genus's most infamous species is R. conicus which is a controversial agent of biological pest control which has been used against noxious thistles in the genera Carduus, Cirsium, Onopordum, and Silybum.

Partial list of species

Rhinocyllus conicus

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References

"Rhinocyllus". Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
Ter-Minasyan ME. 1967. Weevils of the sub-family Cleonidae in the fauna of the USSR; tribe Lixini. New Dehli: Amerind Publishing Co
Martin Brandle; Steffi Knoll; Sabine Eber; Jutta Stadler & Roland Brandl. "Flies on thistles: support for synchronous speciation?" (PDF). Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 2005, 84, 775–783.

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[1] "Rhinocyllus". Integrated Taxonomic Information System.

[2] Ter-Minasyan ME. 1967. Weevils of the sub-family Cleonidae in the fauna of the USSR; tribe Lixini. New Dehli: Amerind Publishing Co

[Brandle-3] Martin Brandle; Steffi Knoll; Sabine Eber; Jutta Stadler & Roland Brandl. "Flies on thistles: support for synchronous speciation?" (PDF). Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 2005, 84, 775–783.