Cosmopolites

Genus of beetles

This article is about the weevil genus. For other uses, see Cosmopolite (disambiguation) and Cosmopolitan (disambiguation).

Cosmopolites

Cosmopolites sordidus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:  | Animalia
Phylum:  | Arthropoda
Class:  | Insecta
Order:  | Coleoptera
Suborder:  | Polyphaga
Infraorder:  | Cucujiformia
Family:  | Curculionidae
Tribe:  | Sphenophorini
Genus:  | Cosmopolites
Chevrolat, 1885
Species

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Cosmopolites is a genus of true weevil in the Dryophthorinae subfamily[1] and tribe Sphenophorini. The type species and most economically important is the banana weevil Cosmopolites sordidus.[2][3]

## Species

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The genus contains at least five described species, including the following:

* Cosmopolites sordidus (Germar, 1824) Marshall, G.A.K., 1930, banana weevil, banana stemborer[4]
* Cosmopolites cribricollis Csiki, E., 1936
* Cosmopolites mendicus Csiki, E., 1936
* Cosmopolites pruinosus Heller, K.M., 1934
* Cosmopolites striatus Fairmaire, L., 1902

## References

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1. ^ "Cosmopolites". The Encyclopedia of Life.
2. ^ Gold, Clifford S.; Pena, Jorge E.; Karamura, Eldad B. (2001). "Biology and integrated pest management for the banana weevil Cosmopolites sordidus (Germar)(Coleoptera: Curculionidae)". Integrated Pest Management Reviews. 6 (2): 79–155\. doi:10.1023/A:1023330900707.
3. ^ Kolappan, B. "Stem borer a nightmare for banana farmers". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 11 September 2013.
4. ^ "Banana weevil". Infonet-Biovision. Archived from the original on 17 June 2013. Retrieved 22 November 2014.

## External links

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Media related to Cosmopolites at Wikimedia Commons

Taxon identifiers

Cosmopolites|

* Wikidata: Q14923027
* Wikispecies: Cosmopolites
* AFD: Cosmopolites
* BioLib: 244368
* BOLD: 6569
* BugGuide: 890346
* CoL: 8HF2T
* EoL: 33131
* EPPO: 1COSMG
* Fauna Europaea (new): 2913d1d1-e59e-4839-b726-69689c353813
* GBIF: 1169984
* iNaturalist: 251863
* IRMNG: 1107407
* ITIS: 187846
* NCBI: 206491
* Open Tree of Life: 966088

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