Biology:Brachyceridae

Short description: Family of beetles

Brachyceridae
Museum specimen of Desmidophorus cumingi
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Infraorder:	Cucujiformia
Superfamily:	Curculionoidea
Family:	Brachyceridae Billberg, 1820
Diversity
at least 150 genera

Stenopelmus rufinasus

Brachyceridae is a family of weevils. There are at least 150 genera in Brachyceridae. It was treated as a subfamily of Curculionidae.

Cladogram

Curculionoidea

Brachyceridae    Brachycerus     Brotheus     Byrsops     Cryptops     Daulaxius     Desmidophorinus     Desmidophorus     Dyerocera     Episus     Euretus     Euryxena     Gyllenhalia     Hoplitotrachelus     Ixodicus     Lagenisus     Liasotus     Microcerus     Neiphagus     Ocladius     Progradivus       Anthribidae     Attelabidae     Belidae     Brentidae     Cryptolaryngidae     Curculionidae     Dryophthoridae     Eccoptarthridae     Nemonychidae

See also

• List of Brachyceridae genera

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) Catalogue of Life
• Biolib

Wikidata ☰ Q14926863 entry