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The bean weevils or seed beetles are a subfamily (Bruchinae) of beetles, now placed in the family Chrysomelidae, though they have historically been treated as a separate family. They are granivores, and typically infest various kinds of seeds or beans, living most of their lives inside a single seed. The family includes about 4,350 species and are found worldwide.
Belidae is a family of weevils, called belids or primitive weevils because they have straight antennae, unlike the "true weevils" or Curculionidae which have elbowed antennae. They are sometimes known as "cycad weevils", but this properly refers to a few species from the genera Parallocorynus and Rhopalotria.
Cryptorhynchinae is a large subfamily of weevils (Curculionidae), with some 6000 species. They are found in most zoogeographic regions although they are most diverse in the Neotropics, Australia and Oceania.
Calymma is a monotypic moth genus of the family Erebidae erected by Jacob Hübner in 1823. Its single species, Calymma communimacula, was first described by Michael Denis and Ignaz Schiffermüller in 1775. It is found in central and southern Europe and from Turkey to Transcaucasia and the Middle East.
Omophron is a genus of ground beetle (Carabidae), the only extant genus in the subfamily Omophroninae. It is mostly distributed in the Northern Hemisphere with the southern border running through Guatemala and Hispaniola in Americas, South Africa and Madagascar in Africa, Malaysia and Philippines in Asia.
Patrobus is a genus of ground beetle native to the Palearctic and the Nearctic. It contains the following species:
Pachycerus is a genus of true weevils confined to the Palaearctic and African regions.
Aades is a genus of beetle from the family Curculionidae.
Tympanotonos is a genus of snail living in brackish water, a gastropod mollusk in the family Potamididae.
Prothyma is a genus of beetles in the family Carabidae, containing the following species:
Mecopus is a genus of true weevil in the subfamily Baridinae.
Rhigus is a genus of beetles belonging to the family Curculionidae.
Lissonotini is a tribe of beetles in the subfamily Cerambycinae, containing a single genus, Lissonotus, and the following species:
Copelatus glyphicus is a species of diving beetle. It is part of the genus Copelatus in the subfamily Copelatinae of the family Dytiscidae. It was described by Say in 1823.
Sphenophorus is a genus of weevils, often known as billbugs, in the family Curculionidae, and tribe Sphenophorini. Eleven species of billbugs infest managed turfgrass in North America.
Cyphicerini is a tribe of oriental broad-nosed weevils in the subfamily of beetles known as Entiminae.
Lophius brachysomus is an extinct species of anglerfish in the family Lophiidae. It was described by Louis Agassiz in 1835 from the Monte Bolca locality. It became extinct during the middle Eocene.
Cionus hortulanus is a species of weevils belonging to the family Curculionidae, subfamily Curculioninae.
Anthribinae is a subfamily of fungus weevils in the family of beetles known as Anthribidae. There are at least 20 genera and 80 described species in Anthribinae.
Stenocerus is a genus of fungus weevils in the beetle family Anthribidae. There are more than 20 described species in Stenocerus.
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