Apioninae | |
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Apion | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Coleoptera |
Infraorder: | Cucujiformia |
Family: | Brentidae |
Subfamily: | Apioninae Schoenherr, 1823 |
Apioninae is a subfamily of pear-shaped weevils in the family of beetles known as Brentidae. There are at least 20 genera and 80 described species in Apioninae.[1][2] They feed on living vegetation and sometimes on galls, making them occasional pests or tools of biological control.[3]
These 22 genera belong to the subfamily Apioninae:
Data sources: i = ITIS,[4] c = Catalogue of Life,[5] g = GBIF,[6] b = Bugguide.net[1]