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Hoplapoderini

Hoplapoderini is a tribe of weevils of the subfamily Apoderinae. They are characterized by a strongly constricted head with a distinctively arched crown. The head shape is common to both males and females. They are distributed from Japan to the Indomalayan archipelago, as well as throughout Madagascar and Africa. Their lower body tends to be characterized by spots, pustules, bumps, or spines. Spines are particularly ubiquitous in those species found in Madagascar.

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Hoplapoderini
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Superfamily: Curculionoidea
Family: Attelabidae
Subfamily: Apoderinae
Tribe: Hoplapoderini
Subtribes1
  • Afropoderina Legalov, 2003
  • Hoplapoderina Voss, 1926
  • Paratomapoderina Legalov, 2003

Hoplapoderini is a tribe of weevils of the subfamily Apoderinae. They are characterized by a strongly constricted head with a distinctively arched crown.2 The head shape is common to both males and females. They are distributed from Japan to the Indomalayan archipelago, as well as throughout Madagascar and Africa. Their lower body tends to be characterized by spots, pustules, bumps, or spines. Spines are particularly ubiquitous in those species found in Madagascar.

Genera

The genera of Hoplapoderini are:3

References

References

  1. Bouchard, Patrice; Bousquet, Yves; Davies, Anthony E.; Cai, Chenyang (2024). "On the nomenclatural status of type genera in Coleoptera (Insecta)". ZooKeys (1194). doi:10.3897/zookeys.1194.106440. PMC 10955229. PMID 38523865.
  2. Eduard Voß (April 1939). "Bemerkenswerte interkontinentale Zusammenhänge in den Unterfamilien Rhynchifinae, Äffelabinae und Äpoderinae". In K. Jordan; E. M. Hering (eds.). VII. Internationaler Kongress für Entomologie (in German). Vol. 1. p. 448.
  3. "Tribe Hoplapoderini". iNaturalist. Retrieved 2025-09-26.