Indian Entiminae
(Broad nosed weevils)

Common Name:	:	Banana stem weevil
Species Name	:	Odoiporus longicollis Olivier (1807)
Taxonomic_position	:	Dryophthorinae: Rhynchophorini: Sphenophorina
Synonyms	:	Calandra longicollis Olivier, 1807 Sphenophorus glabridiscus Walker, 218; Csiki, 65 Sphenoporus planipennis Gyllenhal in Schoenherr, 1838: 911; Chevrolat, 288 Sphenophorus glabricollis Gyllenhal in Schoenherr, 1838: 913; Chevrolat, 288 Rhynchophorus gages Herbst, 17; Csiki, 65 Odoiporus longicollis var. major Heller, 33; Csiki, 65
Diagnosis	:	Shiny black to ferrugineus, dorsally flattened and elongated body. One-third of antennal club pubescent at base, antennomeres with rounded anterior edges; pronotum uniformly punctuated at lateral edges, with smooth disc and two rows of punctures medially; apically truncated elytra.
Host	:	It is a monophagous pest (Shukla and Kumar, 1970)
Distribution	:	Andaman Islands, Assam, Bihar, Delhi, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir, Karnataka, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Manipur, Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal.
References	:	Singh, A.K., Jaiswal, P. and Patley, S., 2018. Taxonomic Redescription of the Weevils Infesting Banana (Musa sp.) in India. Int. J. Pure App. Biosci, 6(1), pp.806-819.
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Indian Entiminae(Broad nosed weevils)