True Weevils - FAMILY CURCULIONIDAE
- This page contains information and pictures about Weevils that we found in the Brisbane area, Queensland, Australia.
- True Weevil - body length 10mm
The beetles in this family are commonly called Weevil or True Weevil. The adults characterized by the elongated rostrum, the front part of their head and mouth, which they use to chew holes in plants for food and to make egg chambers. Their antennae usually elbowed and clubbed. They usually have rigid bodies usually less than 10mm, although the largest can be up to 60mm. All of them are plant feeders.
Classification :
- The weevils we found in this family are grouped as follows;
Adelognatha, Subfamily Entiminae - Broad-nosed Weevils- Adults of this subfamily are characterized by having a relatively short and stout rostrum, boarder at the tip. They are from moderate to large size. The larvae usually live in soil and feed on root.
Subfamily Aterpinae- Weevils in this subfamily are medium size. They usually have the parallel cylindrical body. Their rostrum is medium length.
Subfamily Aterpinae, Rhadinosomini- We only found on species in this group. The weevil has extremely elongated body. It is brown in colour with a creamy-white pattern on each side of wings cover.
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Subfamily Gonipterinae- We found one species in this subfamily. The larvae of this subfamily are usually slug-like and external foliage-feeding.
Subfamily Cryptorhynchinae - This is a large subfamily. Members are usually have relatively long legs and with a long backwardly directed rostrum.
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- Reference:
- 1. Insects of Australia, CSIRO, Division of Entomology, Melbourne University Press, 2nd Edition 1991, p 682.
- 2. Insects of Australia and New Zealand - R. J. Tillyard, Angus & Robertson, Ltd, Sydney, 1926, p241.
- 3. Beetles of Australia - Trevor J Hawkeswood, Angus & Robertson Publishers, 1987, p173.
