Curculionidae

True weevils and bark beetles
Lixus angustatus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Clade: Phytophaga
Superfamily: Curculionoidea
Family: Curculionidae
Latreille, 1802
Diversity
Some 20 subfamilies (see text)

Curculionidae is a family of weevil. Established in 1998, it was the largest animal family with over 40,000 species described at that time.[1] It remains the largest family today.

Taxonomy

According to Alonso-Zarazaga & Lyal (1999),[2] (2002)[3]

  • Curculionidae (17)
    • Subfamily Bagoinae (6)
    • Subfamily Baridinae (9)
    • Subfamily Brachyceropsinae (1)
    • Subfamily Ceutorhynchinae (9)
    • Subfamily Conoderinae (15)
    • Subfamily Cossoninae (18)
    • Subfamily Cryptorhynchinae (7)
    • Subfamily Curculioninae (28)
    • Subfamily Cyclominae (9)
    • Subfamily Entiminae (55)
    • Subfamily Hyperinae (2)
    • Subfamily Lixinae (3)
    • Subfamily Magdalininae (5)
    • Subfamily Molytinae (35)
    • Subfamily Orobitidinae (1)
    • Subfamily Scolytinae (27)
    • Subfamily Xiphaspidinae (1)

According to Oberprieler et al. (2007[4])

  • Curculionidae (10)
    • Subfamily Baridinae
    • Subfamily Brachycerinae (7)
    • Subfamily Cossoninae
    • Subfamily Curculioninae
    • Subfamily Cyclominae (7)
    • Subfamily Dryophthorinae
    • Subfamily Entiminae
    • Subfamily Molytinae (10)
    • Subfamily Platypodinae
    • Subfamily Scolytinae

References

  1. ↑ John L. Foltz (1998). "Coleoptera: Curculionidae". Archived from the original on 2010-08-29.
  2. ↑ Alonso-Zarazaga (M.A.) & LYAL (C.H.C.). A World Catalogue of Families and Genera of Curculionoidea (excepting Scolytidae and Platypodidae). Barcelona, Entomopraxis, in collaboration with The Natural History Museum, London, and the Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales (CSIC), Madrid, 1999, 316các trang
  3. ↑ Alonso-Zarazaga (M.A.) & LYAL (C.H.C.). (2002) Addenda and corrigenda to 'A World Catalogue of Families and Genera of Curculionoidea (Insecta: Coleoptera)'. In: Magnolia Press, Zootaxa, nr.63, 2002, các trang 1–7.
  4. ↑ Oberprieler (R.G.), Marvaldi (A.E.) en Anderson (R.S.). Weevils, weevils, weevils everywhere. In: Zhang, Z.-Q. & Shear, W.A. (Eds).Linnaeus tercentenary: progress in invertebrate taxonomy. Magnolia Press, Zootaxa, nr.1668, 2007, các trang491-520.

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