Inflorescence-specialist

Guides

• Derelomini

  Palm Flower Weevils

  Derelomini is a tribe of flower weevils (Curculionidae: Curculioninae) commonly known as palm flower weevils. Members are associated with reproductive structures of plants, particularly inflorescences. The tribe includes genera with specialized brood pollination mutualisms with palms (Arecaceae) and other monocots, as well as genera associated with dicotyledonous plants. Genera include Derelomus, Elaeidobius, Hypoleschus, Notolomus, Phyllotrox, and several recently described genera including Ebenacobius, Cyclanthura, Ganglionus, and Staminodeus.

  brood-pollinationmutualismpalm-pollinatorsoil-palminflorescence-specialistflower-weevilAfrotropicalNeotropicalArecaceaeCyclanthaceaeEbenaceaeAraceaeCurculionidaeCurculioninaeeconomic-importanceagricultural-pollinator

• Derelomus

  Derelomus is a genus of weevils (Curculionidae: Derelomini) distributed across the Afrotropical and Mediterranean regions. The genus comprises 32 recognized species, organized into four main species groups based on morphological and molecular data. Species exhibit specialized brood site pollination mutualisms with host plants, with different species groups associated with distinct plant families: Fabaceae (Vachellia), Achariaceae/Ebenaceae, Strelitziaceae/Arecaceae (Strelitzia and Phoenix reclinata), and Arecaceae palms (Chamaerops, Cocos, Phoenix). Adults are small weevils with rostrate heads typical of the family.

  CurculionidaeDerelomininursery-pollinationbrood-site-pollinationmutualismAfrotropicalMediterraneanhost-specificityinflorescence-specialist