CURCULIONIDAE Latreille, 1802
(weevils)

Subtaxon Example images Rank Featured
subtaxa		 No of
images		 No of
ID refs
Andrion regensteinense
a weevil
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 		Species 7 images
ANOPLINAE
a subfamily of weevils
Subfamily 1 ident. refs
BAGOINAE
a subfamily of weevils
Subfamily 1 ident. refs
CEUTORHYNCHINAE
a subfamily of true weevils
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 		Subfamily 7 subtaxa 48 images 2 ident. refs
CIONINAE
figwort and mullein weevils
Female (Click to open)
 		Subfamily 4 subtaxa 51 images 3 ident. refs
Coelositona
a genus of beetles
Genus 1 subtaxa 1 ident. refs
COSSONINAE
a subfamily of weevils
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 		Subfamily 3 subtaxa 31 images 4 ident. refs
CRYPTORHYNCHINAE
a subfamily of weevils
Subfamily 1 ident. refs
CURCULIONINAE
a subfamily of weevils
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 		Subfamily 4 subtaxa 47 images 1 ident. refs
CYCLOMINAE
a subfamily of weevils
Subfamily 1 ident. refs
DORYTOMINAE
a subfamily of weevils
Subfamily 1 subtaxa 7 images 1 ident. refs
Dorytomus
catkin weevils
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 		Genus 1 subtaxa 7 images
ENTIMINAE
a subfamily of weevils
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 		Subfamily 28 subtaxa 270 images 14 ident. refs
Exomias
a genus of beetles
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 		Genus 1 subtaxa 7 images
Hylesinus
a genus of beetles
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 		Genus 1 subtaxa 9 images
HYPERINAE
a subfamily of weevils
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 		Subfamily 5 subtaxa 74 images 2 ident. refs
Limnobaris
a genus of weevils
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 		Genus 1 subtaxa 2 images
LIXINAE
a subfamily of weevils
Male (Click to open)
 		Subfamily 1 subtaxa 22 images 1 ident. refs
Mecinus
a genus of weevils
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 		Genus 1 subtaxa 9 images
MESOPTILIINAE
a subfamily of weevils
Subfamily 1 subtaxa 2 ident. refs
Magdalis
a genus of weevils
Genus 1 subtaxa 1 ident. refs
MOLYTINAE
a subfamily of weevils
Subfamily 1 ident. refs
Orchestes
a genus of beetles
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 		Genus 1 subtaxa 9 images
Parethelcus pollinarius
a beetle
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 		Species 5 images
Platypus cylindrus
Oak Pin-hole Borer, Pin-hole Borer
Male (Click to open)
 		Species 3 images 1 ident. refs
Rhopalomesites tardii
Holly Weevil
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 		Species 10 images
SCOLYTINAE
bark and ambrosia beetles
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 		Subfamily 4 subtaxa 9 images 7 ident. refs
SMICRONYCHINAE
a subfamily of weevils
Subfamily 1 ident. refs
Sternochetus mangiferae
(Mango Seed Weevil)
Species 1 ident. refs
STOREINAE
a subfamily of weevils
Subfamily 1 ident. refs
STYPHLINAE
a subfamily of weevils
Subfamily 1 ident. refs
TANYSPHYRINAE
a subfamily of weevils
Subfamily 1 ident. refs
Tychius
a genus of weevils
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 		Genus 2 subtaxa 12 images
Taxonomic hierarchy:
FamilyCURCULIONIDAE (weevils)
Division Gonatoceri (true 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
Buck, F.D. 1948 Pentarthrum huttoni Woll. (Col., Curculionidae) and some imported Cossinae Ent. Mon. Mag.: 152-154.
() 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
Morris, M.G. 2012 True Weevils pt III Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects, Vol 5 Part 17d, 136pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London
() Morris, M.G. 1991 Weevils Naturalists' Handbooks, 16, 76pp, The Richmond Publishing Co. Ltd
Tempere, G. & Pericart, J. 1989 *** Curculionidae (Supplement) ***(Superseded) Faune de France, Faune No 74, 534pp, Fédération Française des Sociétés de Science Naturel

Aquatic Species

Denton, J. 2013 Atlas of VC12 aquatic coleoptera 70pp

Larvae/Leaf-miners

Anon. British Leafminers www.leafmines.co.uk/
Pitkin, B. Ellis, W.,Plant, C. & Edmunds, R. The leaf and stem mines of British flies and other insects www.ukflymines.co.uk

Leaf-miners

György Csóka 2003 Levélaknák és Levélaknázók - Leaf Mines and Leaf Miners 192pp, Forest Research Institute, Budapest

Stored Product Pests

Mound, L. (ed) 1989 Common Insects of Stored Products: a guide to their identification Economic Series, No 15, Seventh Edition edition, 68pp, British Museum (Natural History)

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

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for CURCULIONIDAE (weevils)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 1,227 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for CURCULIONIDAE (weevils)
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