Sipalinus
Sign in to saveSipalinus is a genus of beetles belonging to the family Curculionidae.
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Vinony files it under Curculionidae genera, Dryophthorinae and Taxa named by Guy Anstruther Knox Marshall.
Its subject is documented across 5 Wikipedia language editions.
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- Dryophthorinae
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Sipalinus is a genus of beetles belonging to the family Curculionidae.
==Description== Sipalinus is composed of seven species, five from Africa and two from Eurasia and Australasia. These species are quite large (up to 28 mm.) and robust, the basic colour is brownish, the surface is crusty looking, often heavily tuberculate and elytra are usually mottled with whitish and dark brown. Some species are wood bores, and may occasionally be found in wood used for crates or structural timbers.
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