ANTHRIBIDAE Billberg, 1820
(fungus weevils)

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Taxonomic hierarchy:
FamilyANTHRIBIDAE (fungus weevils)
Division Orthoceri (primitive weevils)
SuperfamilyCURCULIONOIDEA (weevils and allied beetles)
Series Cucujiformia (a group of beetles)
SuborderPOLYPHAGA (mainly terrestrial beetles)
OrderCOLEOPTERA (beetles)
Division Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
InfraclassNeoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
SubclassPTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
ClassINSECTA (true insects)
SubphylumHEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
() Duff, A.G. 2016 Beetles of Britain and Ireland: Cerambycidae to Curculionidae Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Volume 4, 623pp
Freude, H., Harde, K.W. & Lohse, G.A. (Eds.) 1981 Die Käfer Mitteleuropas. Band 10 (Bruchidae, Anthribidae, Scolytidae, Platypodidae & Curculionidae) Die Käfer Mitteleuropas, Vol 10, 295pp, Goecke & Evers, Krefeld
Gønget, H. 2003 The Nemonychidae, Anthribidae and Attelabidae (Coleoptera) of Northern Europe Fauna Entomologica Scandinavica, Vol 38, 131pp, E. J. Brill / Scandinavian Science Press Ltd.
Hoffmann, A. 1945 *** Coléoptères: Bruchides et Anthribides ***(Superseded) Faune de France, Faune No 44, 184pp, Fédération Française des Sociétés de Science Naturel
Morris, M.G. 1990 Orthocerous Weevils Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects, Vol 5 Part 16, 108pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London

ANTHRIBIDAE (fungus weevils) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for ANTHRIBIDAE (fungus weevils)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 26 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for ANTHRIBIDAE (fungus weevils)
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