Brachyceridae | |
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Museum specimen of Desmidophorus cumingi | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Coleoptera |
Superfamily: | Curculionoidea |
Family: | Brachyceridae Billberg, 1820 |
Diversity | |
at least 150 genera |
Brachyceridae is a family of weevils. There are at least 150 genera in the family Brachyceridae. [1] [2] It has been treated as a subfamily of Curculionidae. [3] [4]
Curculionoidea |
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The insect tribe Stromboscerini is part of the weevil family Curculionidae, subfamily Dryophthorinae. It is a small and little-known weevil group. Alonso-Zarazaga & Lyal (1999) treated it as a subfamily.
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Apsilocephalidae is a family of flies in the superfamily Asiloidea. It was historically treated as a subfamily within Therevidae, but placed in a separate family in 1991, and subsequently recognized as more distantly related. The family contains three extant genera and at least five extinct genera described from the fossil record.
Brachycerinae is a weevil subfamily in the family Brachyceridae.
Chaerodrys is a genus of obese weevils.
Notiodes is a genus of marsh weevils in the beetle family Erirhinidae. There are about 16 described species in Notiodes.
Erirhinidae is a family of marsh weevils in the order Coleoptera. There are about 12 genera and at least 40 described species in Erirhinidae.
Mecinini is a tribe of true weevils in the family of beetles known as Curculionidae. There are at least three genera and about eight described species in Mecinini.
Myllocerus is a genus of oriental broad-nosed weevils in the beetle family Curculionidae. There are at least 330 described species in Myllocerus.
Cnemogonini is a tribe of minute seed weevils in the family of beetles known as Curculionidae. There are 15 genera in Cnemogonini.
Caecossonus dentipes is a species of true weevil in the beetle family Curculionidae are the family of the "true" weevils. They are one of the largest animal families, with 5,489 genera and 82,741[1] species described worldwide. It is found in North America. a molytine tribe endemic to Central America, the Caribbean Islands and some areas of the USA .
Orthognathini is a tribe of true weevils in the family of beetles known as Curculionidae.
Procas is a genus of marsh weevils in the family of beetles known as Brachyceridae. There are at least 20 described species in Procas.
Ellescini is a tribe of true weevils in the family of beetles known as Curculionidae. There are at least 3 genera and about 18 described species in Ellescini.
Scleropterini is a tribe of minute seed weevils in the family of beetles known as Curculionidae. There are at least eight genera in Scleropterini.
Dietzianus is a genus of true weevils in the beetle family Curculionidae. There are at least two described species in Dietzianus.
Smicronychini is a tribe of true weevils in the family of beetles known as Curculionidae. There are at least 7 genera in Smicronychini.
Lignyodina is a subtribe of leguminous seed weevils in the family of beetles known as Curculionidae. There are at least 2 genera and about 15 described species in Lignyodina.
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