Biology:Anthribidae
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Short description: Family of beetles
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Infraorder: | Cucujiformia |
| Clade: | Phytophaga |
| Superfamily: | Curculionoidea |
| Family: | Anthribidae Billberg, 1820 |
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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.
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]
Gallery
Hoherius meinertzhageni
Toxonotus cornutus
Fungus weevil
Close-up of fungus weevil (Anthribidae)
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See also
References
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ "Anthribidae Report". https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=114655.
- ↑ "Anthribidae". https://www.gbif.org/species/4206.
- ↑ "Browse Anthribidae". http://www.catalogueoflife.org/col/browse/tree/id/f11e42d15d062fc4b8e029806bcd5f8b.
- ↑ "Anthribidae Family Information". https://bugguide.net/node/view/8717.
External links
Wikidata ☰ Q906802 entry
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