Curculioninae
Sign in to saveThe beetle subfamily Curculioninae is part of the weevil family Curculionidae. It contains over 23,500 described species in 2,200 genera, and is therefore the largest weevil subfamily. Given that the beetle order (Coleoptera) contains about one-quarter of all known organisms, the Curculioninae represent one of the – if not the – most successful radiations of terrestrial Metazoa.
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 24
- Family
- Curculionidae
- Collections
- ASU, CHAS, CU
- Recorded in
- Guatemala, United States
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- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Curculionidae
- Image
- Weevil September 2008-1.jpg
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- Curculioninae
- taxon name
- Curculioninae
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- subfamily
- topic's main category
- Category:Curculioninae
- taxon common name
- snutebiller
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The beetle subfamily Curculioninae is part of the weevil family Curculionidae. It contains over 23,500 described species in 2,200 genera, and is therefore the largest weevil subfamily. Given that the beetle order (Coleoptera) contains about one-quarter of all known organisms, the Curculioninae represent one of the – if not the – most successful radiations of terrestrial Metazoa.
Many weevils of this group are commonly known as flower weevils or acorn and nut weevils, after a food commonly eaten by Curculioninae larvae and imagines — the reproductive organs of plants.
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