Family

Curculionidae (True weevils)

Sciopithes obscurus. Photo: (c) Thomas Barbin, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

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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