Platypodinae
Platypodinae | |
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Platypus cylindrus | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Coleoptera |
Family: | Curculionidae |
Subfamily: | Platypodinae Shuckard, 1840 |
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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]
Genera[]
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- Austroplatypus – – – – – – – – – – Euplatypus – – – – – – – – – Platypus – – – –
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- - [2]
See also[]
References[]
- ^ Jordal, Bjarte H. (2015). "Molecular phylogeny and biogeography of the weevil subfamily Platypodinae reveals evolutionarily conserved range patterns". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 92: 294–307. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2015.05.028. PMID 26190520.
- ^ WikiSpecies Data related to Platypodinae at Wikispecies
External links[]
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Categories:
- Platypodinae
- Taxa named by William Edward Shuckard
- Curculionidae stubs