Apioninae is a subfamily of pear-shaped weevils 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 subfa ...
. There are at least 20 genera and 80 described species in Apioninae.
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Genera
These 22 genera belong to the subfamily Apioninae:
* '' Alocentron'' Schilsky in Kuester, 1901 g b
* ''Apion
Apion Pleistoneices ( el, Ἀπίων Πλειστονίκου ''Apíōn Pleistoníkēs''; 30–20 BC – c. AD 45–48), also called Apion Mochthos, was a Hellenized Egyptian grammarian, sophist, and commentator on Homer. He was born at the Siw ...
'' Herbst, 1797 i b
* '' Apionion'' Kissinger, 1998 g b
* '' Aspidapion'' g b
* '' Betulapion'' Ehret, 1994 g b
* '' Chrysapion'' Kissinger, 1968 b
* '' Coelocephalapion'' Wagner, 1914 g b
* '' Eutrichapion'' Reitter, 1916 g b
* '' Exapion'' Bedel, 1887 i g b
* '' Fallapion'' Kissinger, 1968 g b
* '' Ischnopterapion'' g b
* '' Kissingeria'' Alonso-Zarazaga, 1991 g b
* '' Loborhynchapion'' Gyorffy, 1956 g b
* '' Neapion'' Alonso-Zarazaga, 1991 g b
* '' Neotropion'' b
* '' Omphalapion'' Schilsky, 1901 g b
* '' Perapion'' Wagner, 1907 i g b
* '' Podapion'' Riley, 1883 g b
* '' Rhopalapion'' Schilsky, 1906 g b
* '' Sayapion'' Kissinger, 1999 g b
* '' Stenopterapion'' Bokor, 1923 g b
* '' Trichapion'' Wagner, 1912 g b
Data sources: i = ITIS,[ c = Catalogue of Life,][ g = GBIF,][ b = Bugguide.net]
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Brentidae
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