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Subfamily of beetles

Molytinae
Cholus cinctus in Panama
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Curculionidae
Subfamily: Molytinae
Schönherr, 1823
Tribes

Many, see text

Liparus - MHNT
Rhyssomatus lineaticollis on milkweed bud

Molytinae is a subfamily of weevils described by Carl Johan Schönherr in 1823.

Molytinae includes the following tribes:

In many older treatments, the Bagoinae, Cryptorhynchinae, Hyperinae, Lixinae and Mesoptiliinae are included in the Molytinae as "tribus groups", as well as the Itini which are otherwise considered a tribe of the Curculioninae.

These genera, among others, belong to the subfamily Molytinae:

Notes

  1. ^ Sometimes placed in the Curculioninae
  2. "Molytinae Subfamily Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-04-28.
  3. "Fauna Europaea, Molytinae". fauna-eu.org. Retrieved 2018-04-28.

External links

Data related to Molytinae at Wikispecies

Taxon identifiers
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