Indian Entiminae
(Broad nosed weevils)

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Species Name	:	Blosyrus spongifer (Boheman, 1845)
Taxonomic_position	:	Entiminae: Blosyrini
Synonyms	:	Blosyrus inaequalis var. spongifer Boheman in Schoenherr, 1845: 403.
Diagnosis	:	Head with five frontal longitudinal sulci. Antennae with first funicle segment longest. Prothorax much less rugose and without any larger tubercle. Elytra with a transverse row of six tubercles across the top of declivity
Host	:	Grasses
Distribution	:	Tamil Nadu
References	:	Marshall, G.A.K. 1916. Coleoptera. Rhynchophora: Curculionidae. In: Shiply, A.E. (Ed.), The Fauna of British India including Ceylon and Burma. Taylor and Francis, London, 367 pp
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Indian Entiminae(Broad nosed weevils)