Family

Curculionidae (True weevils)

Sitona hispidulus. Photo: (c) Barry Walter, some rights reserved (CC BY)

The Curculionidae are the family of the “true” weevils (or “snout beetles”). They are one of the largest animal families, with 5,489 genera and 86,100 species described worldwide.

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Humboldt Life
- Kingdom: Animalia (Animals)
  - Phylum: Arthropoda (Arthropods)
    - Subphylum: Hexapoda (Hexapods)
      - Class: Insecta (Insects)
        Subclass: Pterygota (Winged and once-winged insects)
        Order: Coleoptera (Beetles)
        Suborder: Polyphaga (Water, rove, scarab, long-horned, leaf, and snout beetles)
        Infraorder: Cucujiformia (Cucujiform beetles)
        Superfamily: Curculionoidea (Snout and bark beetles)
        Family: Curculionidae (True weevils)
        Subfamily: Mesoptiliinae (1)
        Subfamily: Entiminae (Broad-nosed weevils) (8)
        Subfamily: Scolytinae (Bark and ambrosia beetles) (1)
        Subfamily: Curculioninae (4)
        Subfamily: Molytinae (4)
        Subfamily: Cyclominae (1)
        Subfamily: Cossoninae (1)

Subtaxa

Subfamily: Mesoptiliinae

Subfamily: Entiminae (Broad-nosed weevils)

Subfamily: Scolytinae (Bark and ambrosia beetles)

Subfamily: Curculioninae

Subfamily: Molytinae

Subfamily: Cyclominae

Subfamily: Cossoninae

Family

Curculionidae (True weevils)

Subtaxa

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