
Brachyceridae is a
family
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of
weevil
Weevils are beetles belonging to the superfamily Curculionoidea, known for their elongated snouts. They are usually small, less than in length, and herbivorous. Approximately 97,000 species of weevils are known. They belong to several families, ...
s. There are at least 150 genera in Brachyceridae.
[ It was treated as a subfamily of Curculionidae.][
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Cladogram
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See also
* List of Brachyceridae genera
These 155 genera belong to Brachyceridae, a family of snout and bark beetles in the order Coleoptera. There are at least 120 described species in Brachyceridae.
Brachyceridae genera
* ''Absoloniella'' Formanek, 1913
* ''Acentroides''
* ''Afghan ...
References
* Bisby F.A., Roskov Y.R., Orrell T.M., Nicolson D., Paglinawan L.E., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., Baillargeon G., Ouvrard D. (red.) (2011)
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