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Curculioninae
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Curculioninae

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 known. 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.

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60 branches of this subfamily, most-observed first

Curculionini

tribeCurculionini

Anthonomini

tribeAnthonomini

Mecinini

tribeMecinini

Flea Weevils

tribeRhamphini

Tychiini

tribeTychiini

Ellescini

tribeEllescini

Cionini

tribeCionini

Camarotini

tribeCamarotini

Eugnomini

tribeEugnomini

Smicronychini

tribeSmicronychini

Storeini

tribeStoreini

Palm Flower Weevils

tribeDerelomini

Otidocephalini

tribeOtidocephalini

Cryptoplini

tribeCryptoplini

Ochyromerini

tribeOchyromerini

Acalyptini

tribeAcalyptini

Rhadinosomini

tribeRhadinosomini

Erodiscini

tribeErodiscini

Piazorhinus

genusPiazorhinus

Myllorhinus

genusMyllorhinus

Macrorhoptus

genusMacrorhoptus

Ceratopus

genusCeratopus

Nerthopini

tribeNerthopini

Anoplini

tribeAnoplini

Styphlini

tribeStyphlini

Ancylocnemis

genusAncylocnemis

Prionobrachiini

tribePrionobrachiini

Thaumastophasis

genusThaumastophasis

Hypsomus

genusHypsomus

Acentrus

genusAcentrus

Viticiini

tribeViticiini

Diabathrariini

tribeDiabathrariini

Ulomascini

tribeUlomascini

Symbothynus

genusSymbothynus

Thechia

genusThechia

Micraonychus

genusMicraonychus

Cranopoeini

tribeCranopoeini

Microstylini

tribeMicrostylini

Endaeus

genusEndaeus

Sphaeriopoeini

tribeSphaeriopoeini

Diapelmus

genusDiapelmus

Hedychrous

genusHedychrous

Hibberticola

genusHibberticola

Pyropini

tribePyropini

Eristinus

genusEristinus

Pachytrichus

genusPachytrichus

Anchonocranus

genusAnchonocranus

Orichora

genusOrichora

Ethadomorpha

genusEthadomorpha

Imathia

genusImathia

Epaetius

genusEpaetius

Cenchrena

genusCenchrena

Plaesiorhinus

genusPlaesiorhinus

Phaunaeus

genusPhaunaeus

Empolis

genusEmpolis

Eisingius

genusEisingius

Araucarietius

genusAraucarietius

Alloprocas

genusAlloprocas

Nothofaginus

genusNothofaginus

Nothofagobius

genusNothofagobius

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