Listroderini
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2- Listroderes(vegetable weevils)
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Listroderini is a tribe of weevils (Curculionidae) characterized by a predominantly Southern Hemisphere distribution, with particular diversity in South America and subantarctic islands. The tribe comprises approximately 40 organized into three subtribes: Listroderina, Macrostyphlina, and Falklandiina. Many members are associated with cool temperate or cold environments, including high-altitude Andean and the subantarctic islands of the South Atlantic and southern Indian Ocean.
Pronunciation
How to pronounce Listroderini: /lɪstroʊˈdɛrɪnaɪ/
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Distribution
South America (Andean regions, southern cone), Falkland Islands, South Georgia, Kerguelen Islands, Heard Island, and other subantarctic islands of the southern Atlantic and Indian Oceans.
Similar Taxa
- Cyclominae (other tribes)Listroderini belongs to Cyclominae; other tribes in this subfamily lack the pronounced southern cold-climate distribution and associated morphological adaptations seen in Listroderini
- EntiminaeBroad-nosed weevils in Entiminae share general body form but differ in insertion (not elbowed as in Cyclominae including Listroderini) and lack the southern subantarctic distribution pattern