| True weevils and bark beetles | |
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| Cholus cinctus, Panama | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Infraorder: | Cucujiformia |
| Clade: | Phytophaga |
| Superfamily: | Curculionoidea |
| Family: | Curculionidae Latreille, 1802 |
| Diversity | |
| Some 20 subfamilies (see text) | |
The Curculionidae are a family of weevils, commonly called snout beetles or true weevils. They are one of the largest animal families with 6,800 genera and 83,000[1] species described worldwide. They are the sister group to the family Brentidae.[2]
They include the bark beetles as the subfamily Scolytinae, which are modified [unreliable source?] in shape in accordance with their wood-boring lifestyle. They do not much resemble other weevils, so they were traditionally considered a distinct family, Scolytidae. The family also includes the ambrosia beetles, of which the present-day subfamily Platypodinae was formerly considered the distinct family Platypodidae.
- ^ "Curculionidae". www.gbif.org.
- ^ Gunter, Nicole L; Oberprieler, Rolf G; Cameron, Stephen L (May 2016). "Molecular phylogenetics of A ustralian weevils ( C oleoptera: C urculionoidea): exploring relationships in a hyperdiverse lineage through comparison of independent analyses". Austral Entomology. 55 (2): 217–233. doi:10.1111/aen.12173. ISSN 2052-174X.