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Molytinae is a subfamily of
Molytinae is a subfamily of weevil
Weevils are beetles belonging to the Taxonomic rank, superfamily Curculionoidea, known for their elongated snouts. They are usually small, less than in length, and Herbivore, herbivorous. Approximately 97,000 species of weevils are known. They b ...
s described by Carl Johan Schönherr
Carl Johan Schönherr (10 June 1772 – 28 March 1848) was a Swedish entomologist who revised the taxonomy of beetles, including weevils.
Born in Stockholm, Schönherr was son of a German immigrant who had established himself as a silk manufact ...
in 1823.
Molytinae includes the following tribes:
* Amalactini
* Aminyopini
* Amorphocerini
* Anchonini
* Cholini
* Cleogonini
* Conotrachelini
* Cycloterini
* Dinomorphini
* Euderini
* Galloisiini
* Guioperini
* Hylobiini
* Ithyporini
* Juanorhinini
* Lepyrini
* Lithinini
* Lymantini
* Mecysolobini
* Metatygini
* Molytini
* Nettarhinini
* Pacholenini
* Paipalesomini
* Petalochilini
* Phoenicobatini
* PhrynixiniSometimes placed in the Curculioninae
* Pissodini
Pissodini is a tribe of weevils described by Johannes von Nepomuk Franz Xaver Gistel
Johannes von Nepomuk Franz Xaver Gistel istl(11 August 1809 – 9 March 1873) was a German naturalist. He worked at the Museum of Natural History in Regensbu ...
* Sternechini
* Styanacini
* Thalasselephantini
* Trachodini
* Trigonocolini
* Trypetidini
In many older treatments, the Bagoinae
Bagoinae is a weevil subfamily in the family Curculionidae. It is sometimes classified in Molytinae.
Genera
''Bagous
''Bagous'' is a genus of snout and bark beetles in the family Curculionidae
The Curculionidae are a family of weevils, c ...
, Cryptorhynchinae
Cryptorhynchinae is a large subfamily of weevils ( Curculionidae), with some 6000 species. They are found in most zoogeographic regions although they are most diverse in the Neotropics, Australia and Oceania.
They are distinguished by having th ...
, Hyperinae
Hyperinae is a subfamily of true weevils. Species are sometimes placed in Molytinae
Molytinae is a subfamily of weevils described by Carl Johan Schönherr in 1823.
Molytinae includes the following tribes:
* Amalactini
* Aminyopini
* Amor ...
, Lixinae
Lixinae is a subfamily of true weevils, included in the Molytinae in many older treatments. They are mainly root feeders, although some develop in flower buds or stems. Several species are used in biological control of invasive weeds, namely knap ...
and Mesoptiliinae
Mesoptiliinae is a subfamily of true weevils in the family Curculionidae. There are at about 23 genera and 40 described species in Mesoptiliinae.
Genera
These 23 genera belong to the subfamily Mesoptiliinae:
* ''Aethemagdalis'' Zimmerman, 1994 ...
are included in the Molytinae as "tribus groups", as well as the Itini which are otherwise considered a tribe of the Curculioninae
The beetle subfamily Curculioninae is part of the weevil family Curculionidae. It contains over 23,500 described species in 2,200 genera, and is therefore the largest weevil subfamily. Given that the beetle order (Coleoptera) contains about one ...
.
These genera, among others, belong to the subfamily Molytinae:
* '' Adexius''
* '' Alloplinthus''
* '' Anchonidium''
* '' Anchonus''
* '' Anisorhynchus''
* '' Aparopion''
* '' Baezia''
* '' Caecossonus''
* '' Chalcodermus''
* '' Cholus''
* '' Conotrachelus''
* '' Demyrsus''
* '' Dioptrophorus''
* '' Echinosomidia''
* '' Emphyastes''
* '' Epacalles''
* '' Eudociminus''
* '' Gastrotaphrus''
* '' Gononotus''
* '' Heilipus''
* '' Heilus''
* '' Hilipinus''
* '' Hoplopteridius''
* '' Hormops''
* '' Hylobius''
* '' Hyperomorphus''
* '' Iberoplinthus''
* '' Leiosoma''
* '' Lepilius''
* '' Lepyrus''
* '' Liparus''
* '' Lymantes''
* '' Lyperobius''
* '' Micralcinus''
* ''Microhyus
''Microhyus'' is a genus of true weevils in the beetle family Curculionidae
The Curculionidae are a family of weevils, commonly called snout beetles or true weevils. They are one of the largest animal families, with 6,800 genera and 83,000 spe ...
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* '' Micromastus''
* '' Minyops''
* '' Mitoplinthus''
* ''Nanus
Nanus may refer to:
* ''Nanus'' (beetle), a genus of true weevils
* Susan Nanus, the scriptwriter for the 1998 '' A Will of their Own'' romantic drama TV mini-series aired on the NBC network
* Fort Nanus in Goa, India
* one of the main hybrid g ...
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* '' Neoerethistes''
* '' Neoplinthus''
* ''Oromia
Oromia (Amharic: ) ( om, Oromiyaa) is a regional state in Ethiopia and the homeland of the Oromo people. The capital of Oromia is Addis Ababa.
It is bordered by the Somali Region to the east; the Amhara Region, the Afar Region and the Benish ...
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* '' Pachylobius''
* '' Palaeocorynus''
* '' Pheloconus''
* '' Pissodes''
* '' Plinthus''
* '' Pseudechinosoma''
* '' Rhyssomatus''
* '' Steremnius''
* '' Sternechus''
* '' Sthereus''
* '' Styphloderes''
* '' Thalasselephas''
* '' Trachodes''
* '' Tranes''
Notes
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Insect vectors of plant pathogens {{Molytinae-stub