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Curculionidae



Curculionidae

Citrus root weevil,
Diaprepes abbreviatus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Superfamily: Curculionoidea
Family: Curculionidae
Latreille, 1802
Subfamily

(Some at times are reduced to tribes) Bagoinae
Baridinae
Ceutorhynchinae
Conoderinae
Cossoninae
Cryptorhynchinae
Curculioninae
Cyclominae
Dryophthorinae
Entiminae
Erirhininae
Gonipterinae
Hyperinae
Lixinae
Mesoptiliinae
Molytinae
Orobitidinae
Platypodinae — ambrosia beetles
Raymondionyminae
Scolytinae — bark or ambrosia beetles

Curculionidae is the family of the "true" weevils (or snout beetles). With over 60,000 species described worldwide, it is the largest of the beetle families.

They are recognized by their distinctive long snout and geniculate antennae with small clubs; beyond that curculionids have considerable diversity of form and size, with adult lengths ranging from 1 mm to 40 mm.

Weevils are almost entirely plant feeders, and most species are associated with a narrow range of hosts, in many cases only living on a single species.

With so many species to classify and over 400 genera, the taxonomy of this family is quite complicated, and authors disagree on the number and placement of various subfamilies, tribes, and subtribes.

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