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Diocalandra
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Curculionidae
Subfamily: Dryophthorinae
Genus: Diocalandra
Faust, 1894

Diocalandra is a genus of weevils in the subfamily Dryophthorinae and the monotypic tribe Diocalandrini. Species are distributed mostly in Africa, Asia and Australia and includes the lesser or four-spotted coconut weevil.

Species

The Global Biodiversity Information Facility lists:

  • Diocalandra caelata Marshall, 1948
  • Diocalandra crucigera Motschulsky & V.de, 1858
  • Diocalandra frumenti Fabricius, 1801
  • Diocalandra impressicollis E.Csiki, 1936
  • Diocalandra kamiyai Morimoto, 1978
  • Diocalandra nigromaculata Voss, 1955
  • Diocalandra punctigera E.Csiki, 1936
  • Diocalandra reticulata Heller & K.M., 1927
  • Diocalandra rugosula Marshall, 1952
  • Diocalandra sasa Morimoto, 1978
  • Diocalandra sechellarum Kolbe & H.J., 1910
  • Diocalandra stigmaticollis A.Hustache, 1924
  • Diocalandra subfasciatus E.Csiki, 1936
  • Diocalandra subsignata E.Csiki, 1936
  • Diocalandra taitensis E.Csiki, 1936
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