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Acratini is a tribe of
primitive weevil Belidae is a family of weevils, called belids or primitive weevils because they have straight antennae, unlike the "true weevils" or Curculionidae which have geniculate (elbowed) antennae. They are sometimes known as "cycad weevils", but this pr ...
s in the family of beetles known as
Brentidae Brentidae is a cosmopolitan family of primarily xylophagous beetles also known as straight-snouted weevils. The concept of this family has been recently expanded with the inclusion of three groups formerly placed in the Curculionidae; the subfam ...
. There are about 12 genera and at least 110 described species in Acratini.


Genera

These 12 genera belong to the tribe Acratini: * '' Acratus'' Lacordaire, 1865 i c g * '' Fonteboanius'' Senna, 1893 i c g * '' Leptocymatium'' Kleine, 1922 i c g * '' Neacratus'' Alonso-Zarazaga, Lyal, Bartolozzi and Sforzi, 1999 i c g * '' Nemobrenthus'' Sharp, 1895 i c g * '' Nemocephalinus'' Kleine, 1927 i c g * '' Nemocephalus'' Guérin-Méneville, 1827 i c g * '' Nemocoryna'' Sharp, 1895 i c g * '' Proteramocerus'' Kleine, 1921 i c g * '' Sclerotrachelus'' Kleine, 1921 i c g * '' Teramocerus'' Schoenherr, 1840 i c g * '' Thaumastopsis'' Kleine, 1921 i c g Data sources: i = ITIS, c = Catalogue of Life, g = GBIF, b = Bugguide.net


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Further reading

* * * * * * * * * * * * * Brentidae {{brentidae-stub