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Anthribidae
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Anthribidae is a family of beetles also known as fungus weevils. The antennae are not elbowed, may occasionally be longer than the body and thread-like, and can be the longest of any members of Curculionoidea. As in the Nemonychidae, the labrum appears as a separate segment to the clypeus, and the maxillary palps are long and projecting.
Species
fungus weevils
FAMILY
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumArthropoda
- ClassInsecta
- OrderColeoptera
- FamilyAnthribidae
Ложнослоники (лат. Anthribidae) — семейство насекомых из отряда жесткокрылых. Более 350 родов. Около 3000 видов.
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 1,694
- With media
- 115
- Family
- Anthribidae
- Collections
- MHNCA, UTC, ASU, TTU, SBMNH, MNA
- Recorded in
- Mexico, United States
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Anthribidae is a family of beetles also known as fungus weevils. The antennae are not elbowed, may occasionally be longer than the body and thread-like, and can be the longest of any members of Curculionoidea. As in the Nemonychidae, the labrum appears as a separate segment to the clypeus, and the maxillary palps are long and projecting.
Most anthribids feed upon fungi or decaying plant matter, and the larvae feed within dead wood. Some species of Choraginae feed upon seeds, a few are stored product pests, and, unusually, Anthribus feeds upon soft scale insects.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Anthribidae” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.