Molytinae is a subfamily of weevils described by Carl Johan Schönherr in 1823.
| Molytinae | |
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| Cholus cinctus in Panama | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Infraorder: | Cucujiformia |
| Family: | Curculionidae |
| Subfamily: | Molytinae Schönherr, 1823 |
| Tribes | |
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Many, see text | |
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
- Phrynixini[1]
- Pissodini
- Sternechini
- Styanacini
- Thalasselephantini
- Trachodini
- Trigonocolini
- Trypetidini[1]
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:[2][3]
- 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
- Micromastus
- Minyops
- Mitoplinthus
- Nanus
- Neoerethistes
- Neoplinthus
- Oromia
- Pachylobius
- Palaeocorynus
- Pheloconus
- Pissodes
- Plinthus
- Pseudechinosoma
- Rhyssomatus
- Steremnius
- Sternechus
- Sthereus
- Styphloderes
- Thalasselephas
- Trachodes
- Tranes
Notes edit
- ^ a b Sometimes placed in the Curculioninae
- ^ "Molytinae Subfamily Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-04-28.
- ^ "Fauna Europaea, Molytinae". fauna-eu.org. Retrieved 2018-04-28.
External links edit
Data related to Molytinae at Wikispecies