Anthribidae

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
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Cucujiformia
Clade:	Phytophaga
Superfamily:	Curculionoidea
Family:	Anthribidae Billberg, 1820
Subfamilies
Anthribinae Choraginae †Protoscelidinae[1] Urodontinae

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

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  Hoherius meinertzhageni
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  Toxonotus cornutus
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  Fungus weevil
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  Xenocerus enganensis
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  Close-up of fungus weevil (Anthribidae)

See also

• List of Anthribidae genera