- Brentidae
Taxobox | name = Straight-snouted Weevils
image_width = 240px
image_caption = A brentid weevil ("Orychodes indus" Karsch,1875) from theWestern Ghats
regnum =Animal ia
phylum =Arthropod a
classis =Insect a
ordo = Coleoptera
subordo =Polyphaga
infraordo =Cucujiformia
superfamilia =Curculionoidea
familia = Brentidae
familia_authority = Billberg, 1820
subdivision_ranks =subfamilies
subdivision =Antliarhininae Apioninae Brentinae Cyladinae Cyphagoginae Eurhynchinae Nanophyinae Trachelizinae Brentidae is a cosmopolitan family of primarily xylophagous
beetle s also known as straight-snoutedweevil s. The concept of this family has been recently expanded with the inclusion of three groups formerly placed in theCurculionidae ; the subfamiliesApioninae ,Cyladinae , andNanophyinae . They are most diverse in thetropics , but occur throughout the temperate regions of the world. They are among the families ofweevil s that have non-elbowed antennae, and tend to be elongate and flattened, though there are numerous exceptions.External Links
* [http://creatures.ifas.ufl.edu/trees/beetles/primitive_weevils.htm Brentinae - primitive Weevils of Florida] on the
UF / IFAS Featured Creatures Web site
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