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Curculionidae

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Curculionidae

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Also known as true weevils, snout beetles

thumb|right|Cionus hortulanus 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 species described worldwide. They are the sister group to the family Brentidae.

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Curculionidae, commonly known as weevils or snout beetles, are a family of insects that represent one of the largest animal families on Earth, with nearly 83,000 described species across 6,800 genera. These beetles are important to understand because of their enormous diversity and prevalence worldwide, and they are closely related to another weevil family called Brentidae.

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Species

weevils

Curculionidae

FAMILY

  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumArthropoda
  3. ClassInsecta
  4. OrderColeoptera
  5. FamilyCurculionidae
Habitatmarine, brackish
Observations recorded3,091,106

象鼻蟲科是"真"象鼻蟲。在全世已經被描述的物種超過6萬種，是甲蟲中物種數量最大的科。 牠們的特徵為擁有很長的口鼻和膝狀(geniculate（英语：geniculate）)觸鬚，且觸鬚的前端為棒狀；此外，象鼻蟲科在外形與體形大小上有很大的差異，成蟲身長從 1毫米到 40毫米都有。 象鼻蟲科幾乎為草食性，而且大多數的物種所寄宿的植物種類不廣泛，有許多物種甚至只寄宿於單一植物物種上。 因為象鼻蟲科有超過400屬和如此多的物種，使得本科的分類相當複雜，學者在其下的亞科、族、亞族的分類上也不太一致。

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Museum specimens

Specimen records
66,716
With media
3,484
Family
Curculionidae
Collections
USNM, INECOL
Recorded in
United States, Mexico
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Described at

Australian National Insect Collection - CSIRO

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
taxon
Parent taxon
Curculionoidea
Image
Weevil September 2008-1.jpg
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Commons category
Curculionidae
taxon name
Curculionidae
taxon rank
family
topic's main category
Category:Curculionidae
taxon common name
pravi rilčkarji
different from
pipe
described at URL
anic.ento.csiro.au/insectfamilies/biota_details.aspx?OrderID=25407&BiotaID=26524&PageID=families
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Contents
  • Description
  • Behavior
  • Phylogeny and systematics
  • See also
  • References
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thumb|right|Cionus hortulanus 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 species described worldwide. They are the sister group to the family Brentidae.

They include the bark beetles as the subfamily Scolytinae, which are modified 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.

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