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Platypodinae

Subfamily of beetles From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Platypodinae
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Platypodinae is a weevil subfamily in the family Curculionidae. They are important early decomposers of dead woody plant material in wet tropics; all but two species are ambrosia beetles that cultivate fungi in tunnels excavated in dead wood as the sole food for their larvae. They are sometimes known as pinhole borers.[1]

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Genera

Tribus: Mecopelmini

  • Mecopelmus

Tribus: Platypodini

  • AustroplatypusBaiocisCarchesiopygusCostaroplatusCrossotarsusCylindropalpusDendroplatypusDinoplatypusDoliopygusEpiplatypusEuplatypusMegaplatypusMesoplatypusMyoplatypusNeotrachyostusOxoplatypusPereioplatypusPeroplatypusPlatyphysusPlatypusTeloplatypusTrachyostusTreptoplatypusTriozastus

Tribus: Schedlariini

  • Schedlarius

Tribus: Tesserocerini

  • Diapodina - Tesserocerina[2]
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