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Anthribidae

Summary

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 appears as a separate segment to the clypeus, and the maxillary palps are long and projecting.

Anthribidae
Sharpius venustus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Clade: Phytophaga
Superfamily: Curculionoidea
Family: Anthribidae
Billberg, 1820
Subfamilies

Most anthribids feed upon fungi or decaying plant matter, and the larvae feed within dead wood. Some species of Choraginae feed upon seeds, a few are stored product pests, and, unusually, Anthribus feeds upon soft scale insects.[2][3][4][5]

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References edit

  1. ^ Legalov, A.A. (2013). "Review of the family Anthribidae (Coleoptera) from the Jurassic of Karatau: subfamily Protoscelinae. Genus Protoscelis Medvedev". Paleontological Journal. 47 (3): 292–302. doi:10.1134/S0031030113030064.
  2. ^ "Anthribidae Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-04-21.
  3. ^ "Anthribidae". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-04-21.
  4. ^ "Browse Anthribidae". Catalogue of Life. Archived from the original on 2018-04-22. Retrieved 2018-04-21.
  5. ^ "Anthribidae Family Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-04-21.

External links edit

  •   Media related to Anthribidae at Wikimedia Commons
  •   Data related to Anthribidae at Wikispecies
 
Wikispecies has information related to Anthribidae.
  • Images of Anthribidae species in New Zealand