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Choraginae is a subfamily of
fungus weevil Anthribidae is a family of beetles also known as fungus weevils. The antennae are not elbowed, may occasionally be longer than the body and thread-like, and can be the longest of any members of Curculionoidea. As in the Nemonychidae, the labrum ...
s in the
beetle Beetles are insects that form the order Coleoptera (), in the superorder Endopterygota. Their front pair of wings are hardened into wing-cases, elytra, distinguishing them from most other insects. The Coleoptera, with about 400,000 describ ...
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Anthribidae Anthribidae is a family of beetles also known as fungus weevils. The antennae are not elbowed, may occasionally be longer than the body and thread-like, and can be the longest of any members of Curculionoidea. As in the Nemonychidae, the labrum ...
. There are about 9 genera and more than 180 described species in Choraginae.


Genera

These nine genera belong to the subfamily Choraginae: * '' Acaromimus'' Jordan, 1907 * '' Araecerus'' Schoenherr, 1823 * ''
Choragus In the theatre of ancient Greece, the ''choregos'' (pl. ''choregoi; el, χορηγός, Greek etymology: χορός "chorus" + ἡγεῖσθαι "to lead") was a wealthy Athenian citizen who assumed the public duty, or ''choregiai'', of financi ...
'' Kirby, 1819 * '' Euxenulus'' Valentine, 1960 * '' Euxenus'' LeConte, 1876 * '' Habroxenus'' Valentine, 1998 * '' Neoxenus'' Valentine, 1998 * '' Pseudochoragus'' Petri, 1912 * '' Sicanthus'' Valentine, 1998


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External links

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