The name of this taxon appears to be invalid under the relevant nomenclatural code, as it may be a junior homonym of Cosmopolites Duchassaing & Michelotti 1864: Mém. Corall., Suppl. 99 (ex Mem. Accad. Torino, (2) 23, 1864, 193).

Taxonavigation edit

Taxonavigation: Curculionoidea 

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Cladus: Pancrustacea
Cladus: Allotriocarida
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Holometabola
Superordo: Coleopterida
Ordo: Coleoptera
Subordo: Polyphaga
Infraordo: Cucujiformia
Superfamilia: Curculionoidea

Familia: Curculionidae
Subfamilia: Dryophthorinae
Tribus: Sphenophorini
Genus: Cosmopolites
Species: C. sordidus
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Name edit

Cosmopolites Chevrolat, 1885: Ann. Soc. ent. France, (6) 5, 289.

References edit