Checklist of Superfamily Curculionoidea Latreille, 1802 (Bark Beetles)
for Papua New Guinea (Melanesia)
Class
| Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects | 454
5302
18742 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
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Subclass
| Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects | 452
5298
18737 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraclass
| Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects | 430
5208
18534 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superorder
| Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects | 291
4198
16097 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Order
| Coleoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Beetles, Coleopterans | 78
1502
6487 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Suborder
| Polyphaga
Emery, 1886
Polyphags | 71
1256
5292 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraorder
| Cucujiformia
Lameere, 1938
| 39
690
2576 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superfamily
| Curculionoidea
Latreille, 1802
Bark Beetles, Snout Beetles and Bark Beetles, Weevils | 8
206
736 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
List of families for Papua New Guinea
8 Families width 736 Species and 26 Subspecies
Subnodes of Curculionoidea with occurrences in Papua New Guinea | Family | Anthribidae
Billberg, 1820
Fungus Weevil, Fungus weevils | 9
13 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Attelabidae
Billberg, 1820
Leaf Rolling Weevil, Leaf rolling weevils, Leaf-roller weevils, Leaf-rolling beetles, Leaf-rolling weevils, Leafroller Weevils, Tooth nosed weevils | 24
61 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Belidae
Schönherr, 1826
Belid Beetle, Belid weevils, Belids, Cycad weevils, Primitive weevils | 2
4 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Brentidae
Billberg, 1820
Brenthidae, Cycad weevils, New York weevil, Primitive, Primitive weevils, Straight snout weevils, Straight-snouted beetles, Straight-snouted weevils, Straightsnouted weevils, Timberworms | 13
16 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Curculionidae
Latreille, 1802
Ambrosia beetles, Amycteridae, Aquatic weevils, Bark beetles, Beetles Weevils, Scout beetles, Snout and Bark Beetles, Snout Beetle, Snout beetles, Snout Beetles and Bark Beetles, True weevils, Weevil, Weevils | 155
637 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Nemonychidae
Bedel, 1882
Nemonychid weevils, pine flower snout beetle, Pine Flower Snout Beetles, Pine flower weevils, Pine-flower snout beetles | 1
3 | Genus
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Rhynchitidae
Gistel, 1848
Leaf-rolling weevils, Rhynchitids, Tooth-nosed snout beetle, Tooth-nosed snout beetles, tooth-nosed snout weevil, Tooth-nosed snout weevils | 1
1 | Genus
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Scolytidae
Latreille, 1807
Ambrosia, Ambrosia beetles, Bark, Bark and ambrosia beetles, Bark beetles, Bark borers, Bark engraver and ambrosia beetles, Engrave beetles, Engraver and ambrosia beetles, Engraver beetles, Timber beetles | 1
1 | Genus
Species |
Taxom
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