Curculionidae

True weevils and bark beetles
Cholus cinctus, Panama
Scientific classification Edit this classification
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)
A true weevil

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.

  1. ^ "Curculionidae". www.gbif.org.
  2. ^ 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.