Specimen image via iDigBio
Platypodinae
Sign in to saveAlso known as ambrosia beetle
Platypodinae is a weevil subfamily in the family Curculionidae. They are important early decomposers of dead woody plant material in wet tropics; all but two species are ambrosia beetles that cultivate fungi in tunnels excavated in dead wood as the sole food for their larvae. They are sometimes known as pinhole borers.
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 6
- With media
- 6
- Family
- Curculionidae
- Collections
- UTC, UCMP, ASU
- Recorded in
- United States, Mexico
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Curculionidae
- Image
- Treptoplatypus caviceps female.jpg
Show 5 more facts
- taxon name
- Platypodinae
- taxon rank
- subfamily
- Commons category
- Platypodinae
- taxon common name
- Pinhole Borers
- topic's main category
- Category:Platypodinae
Sources (1)
via Wikidata · CC0
~1 min read
Encyclopedic overview
4 sectionsContents
- Genera
- See also
- References
- External links
Platypodinae is a weevil subfamily in the family Curculionidae. They are important early decomposers of dead woody plant material in wet tropics; all but two species are ambrosia beetles that cultivate fungi in tunnels excavated in dead wood as the sole food for their larvae. They are sometimes known as pinhole borers.
== Genera == Tribus: Mecopelmini Mecopelmus
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Platypodinae” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.