Sipalinus

Sipalinus is a genus of beetles belonging to the family Curculionidae.

Sipalinus gigas
Sipalinus gigas granulatus from New Guinea
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Family:	Curculionidae
Subfamily:	Dryophthorinae
Tribe:	Orthognathini
Genus:	Sipalinus Marshall, 1943
Synonyms
Sipalus Schoenherr, 1825 (Preocc.) Hyposipalus Voss, 1940 (Nom. Nud.) Sipalinus Marshall, 1943

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.^[1]

List of species and subspecies

• Sipalinus gigas (Fabricius)
  • Sipalinus gigas gigas (Fabricius)
  • Sipalinus gigas granulatus (Fabricius)
• Sipalinus yunnanensis
• Sipalinus guineensis (Fabricius)
• Sipalinus burmeisteri (Boheman)
• Sipalinus squalidus (Kolbe)
• Sipalinus aloysiisabaudiae (Camerano)
• Sipalinus auritvilli (Duvivier)
• Semiotus zonatus Candèze, 1874