Kingdom: Animalia
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Superfamily: Curculionoidea
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Superfamily: Curculionoidea
A weevil is a type of beetle from the Curculionoidea superfamily. They are usually small, less than 6 millimetres (0.24 in), and herbivorous. There are over 60,000 species in several families, mostly in the family Curculionidae (the true weevils). Wikipedia
Family: Anthribidae Billberg, 1820 - Fungus Weevils
Genera: Eucorynus, Xenocerus
Family: Attelabidae Billberg, 1820 - Leaf-rolling Weevils, Giraffe Weevils
Genera: Apoderus, Cycnotrachelodes, Paracycnotrachelus, Paroplapoderus
Family: Brachyceridae Billberg, 1820
Genera: Desmidophorus
Family: Brentidae Billberg, 1820 - Straight-snouted Weevils
Genera: Baryrrhynchus, Cylas
Family: Curculionidae Latreille, 1802
Subfamily: Curculioninae Latreille, 1802 - Flower Weevils, Acorn Weevils, Nut Weevils
Genera: Curculio
Subfamily: Baridinae Schönherr, 1836 - Flower Weevils
Genera: Mecopus, Parallelodemas
Subfamily: Entiminae Schoenherr, 1826 - True Weevils or Snout Beetles
Genera: Hypomeces
Subfamily: Cryptorhynchinae Schönherr, 1825
Genera: Sternochetus
Subfamily: Molytinae Schönherr, 1823
Genera: Paramecops, Alcidodes
Subfamily: Lixinae Schoenherr, 1823
Genera: Hypolixus, Xanthochelus
Family: Dryophthoridae (Schönherr, 1836)
Generra: Aplotes, Cercidocerus, Cyrtotrachelus, Odoiporus, Rhynchophorus, Sipalinus, Sphenocorynes