Hainokisaruzo is a genus of Asian weevils, established in 2005 by Hiraku Yoshitake and Enzo Colonnelli. It includes several species formerly classified as Ceutorhynchoides spp. Several further species remain to be described.

Hainokisaruzo
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Curculionidae
Subfamily: Ceutorhynchinae
Tribe: Ceutorhynchini
Genus: Hainokisaruzo
Yoshitake & Colonnelli, 2005
Type species
Hainokisaruzo japonicus
Yoshitake & Colonnelli, 2005

The name Hainokisaruzo is a combination of the Japanese terms hai no ki, the name of the Symplocaceae trees they are associated with, and saruzo, the name for Ceutorhynchinae weevils.[1]

Species

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[List incomplete]

Notes

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  1. ^ Yoshitake & Colonnelli (2005): p. 135.

References

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  • Huang, Junhao; Hiraku Yoshitake; Runzhi Zhang & Motomi Ito (2008-05-26). "Two new species of Hainokisaruzo Yoshitake & Colonnelli from China, with a checklist of the species of the genus (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Ceutorhynchinae)". Zootaxa. 1776: 59–68. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.1776.1.3.
  • Yoshitake, Hiraku; Enzo Colonnelli (2005-03-31). "Taxonomic Study of the Genus Ceutorhynchoides Colonnelli, 1979 from Japan, with Establishment of an Allied New Genus (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Ceutorhynchinae)". ESAKIA. 45: 117–153. doi:10.5109/2705. hdl:2324/2705. S2CID 83468980.
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