Trachelophorus
Trachelophorus is a genus of weevils in the leaf-rolling weevil family Attelabidae.
| Trachelophorus | |
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| Trachelophorus giraffa | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Family: | Attelabidae |
| Genus: | Trachelophorus Jekel, 1860 |
| Species | |
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Several species are known as giraffe weevils because of their elongated "necks". The best known species is Trachelophorus giraffa.
Species include:[1]
- Trachelophorus abdominalis
- Trachelophorus ardea
- Trachelophorus ater
- Trachelophorus camelus
- Trachelophorus castaneus
- Trachelophorus dromas
- Trachelophorus elegans
- Trachelophorus fausti
- Trachelophorus foveicollis
- Trachelophorus giraffa
- Trachelophorus giraffoides
- Trachelophorus limbatus
- Trachelophorus madegassus
- Trachelophorus michaelis
- Trachelophorus numeralis
- Trachelophorus pygmaeus
- Trachelophorus rubrodorsatus
- Trachelophorus signatus
- Trachelophorus uniformis
References
- Trachylophorus. EOL.
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