4-475: Slonik is an extinct genus of weevils in the family Brentidae . It is monotypic , being represented by the single species Slonik sibiricus . This weevil -related article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Brentidae Brentidae , sometimes known as the primitive weevils , is a cosmopolitan family of primarily xylophagous beetles also known as straight-snouted weevils . The concept of this family has been expanded with
8-489: The family has been reorganized by several different authors within the last 20 years, and is not yet stable; the most recent, and conservative, classification (Oberprieler et al., 2007) accepts only 6 subfamilies, with many familiar subfamilial taxa (e.g., Antliarhininae , Cyladinae , Cyphagoginae , Myrmacicelinae and Trachelizinae ) now relegated to the corresponding tribal groups, Antliarhinini , Cyladini , Cyphagogini , Myrmacicelini and Trachelizini , primarily within
12-592: The inclusion of three groups formerly placed in the Curculionidae ; the subfamilies Apioninae , Cyladinae , and Nanophyinae , as well as the Ithycerinae , previously considered a separate family. They are most diverse in the tropics , but occur throughout the temperate regions of the world. They are among the families of weevils that have non-elbowed antennae, and tend to be elongate and flattened, though there are numerous exceptions. The subfamilial classification of
16-553: The subfamily Brentinae . The New York weevil has been included in a broadly defined family definition, placed as the only genus in a subfamily Ithycerinae , This position has not been retained by some authors who treat the genus and its extinct relatives treated as the separate family Ithyceridae . There are 4000 known species of Brentids. Brentid larvae are fungivorous , eating fungi on dead wood. The adults are usually long and dark, and can be as small as 1.5 mm or as long as 90. This Brentidae -related article
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