CerambycidaeLonghorn Beetles Index Aridaeus thoracicus Chlorophorus curtisi Didymocantha obliqua Pachydissus sp Rhytiphora Rhytiphora dallasi Weevils
Weevils are beetles that belong to the superfamily Curculionoidea. They are distinctive group of beetles that have elongated snouts. Usually small beetles (many species are less than 6 mm in length), and are herbivorous. They belong to several families, although most of them are in the family Curculionidae (the “true weevils”).
There are also some commonly named “bark beetles”, that is a subfamily of Curculionidae, which are morphologically dissimilar to other weevils (lacking the distinctive snout). A weevil’s rostrum (the elongated snout) has chewing mouthparts instead of the piercing mouthparts that most proboscis-possessing insects have.
Most weevils have the ability to fly, although there is a significant number that are flightless (such as the genus Otiorhynchus), and others can jump.
- Scientific classification
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Arthropoda
- Subphylum: Hexapoda
- Class: Insecta
- Informal: Pterygotes
- Order: Coleoptera
- Superfamily: Chrysomeloidea
- Family: Cerambycidae
- Subfamily: Cerambycinae
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Footnote & References
- Cerambycidae, Atlas of Living Australia, https://bie.ala.org.au/species/CERAMBYCIDAE
- Australian Cerambycidae, CSIRO, https://www.ento.csiro.au/biology/cerambycidae/cerambycidae.html
CerambycidaeLonghorn Beetles Index Aridaeus thoracicus Chlorophorus curtisi Didymocantha obliqua Pachydissus sp Rhytiphora Weevils
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