Subfamily: Brachycerinae
Tribe: Erirhirini
Echinocnemus sp. (possible occurrence)
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Tribe: Tanysphyrini
Salvinia Weevil - Cyrtobagous salviniae
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Chevroned Waterhyacinth Weevil - Neochetina bruchi
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Mottled Waterhyacinth Weevil - Neochetina eichhorniae
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Taxonomy:
Phylum: Arthropoda (Arthropods)
> Subphylum: Hexapoda (Hexapods)
> Class: Insecta (Insects)
> Subclass: Pterygota (Winged and Once-winged Insects)
> Order: Coleoptera (Beetles)
> Suborder: Polyphaga (Water, Rove< Scarab, Long-horned, Leaf and Snout Beetles)
> Infraorder: Cucujiformia (Cucujiform Beetles)
> Superfamily: Curculionoidea (Snout and Bark Beetles)
> Family: Curculionidae (True Weevils)
> Subfamily: Brachycerinae
> Tribe: Erirhinini
> Genus: Echinocnemus ^
> Species: ?
> Tribe: Tanysphyrini
> Genus: Cyrtobagous
> Species: C. salviniae - Salvinia Weevil
> Genus: Neochetina
> Species: N. bruchi - Chevroned Waterhyacinth Weevil
> Species: N. eichhorniae - Mottled Waterhyacinth Weevil
^ = possibly
* = likely
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