Talk:Curculionidae

Curculionidae is not first largest family

The family Curculionidae is second largest family (40.000). Because, now, first largest family is Staphylinidae. ALSO SEE: "The beetle family Staphylinidae, or rove beetles, is now the most diverse family of animals or plants, with 56.768 species in 3.624 genera and 33 subfamilies described through 2009 (NEWTON 2007, updated to the end of 2009 from unpublished Newton database catalog), after recent addition of the smaller but still speciose related families Pselaphidae, Scaphidiidae and Scydmaenidae as subfamilies (see, e.g., GREBENNIKOV & NEWTON 2009 and earlier works cited there). As recently reviewed by THAYER (2005), the family is worldwide in distribution but more diverse in tropical and temperate regions than in arctic areas, and more diverse in moist forested areas than in drier areas or deserts. There are no true aquatic or marine species, but nearly all terrestrial, arboreal and even subterranean habitats are exploited by staphylinids (e.g., the moderate-sized subfamily Leptotyphlinae consists entirely of blind, flightless soil inhabitants). Although most species are free-living, several thousand species are associated as commensals with social insects like ants and termites, or found in nests of mammals and birds, or even on the bodies of mammals (tribe Amblyopinini in the Neotropical region). Many of these associations are obligate, and have resulted in highly modified body forms and life histories (see, e.g., KISTNER 1982). Most species are probably predators of other arthropods as far as known, but large numbers including several entire subfamilies are saprophagous on decaying plant matter (e.g., Osoriinae, Oxytelinae, Piestinae), fungivorous (e.g., Oxyporinae, Scaphidiinae), or have other specialized feeding habits such as pollen-feeding, but very few feed on green plants.."(56.768 species). -- Kmoksy (talk) 09:48, 26 April 2010 (UTC)

I would just like to point out that neither of these families are the largest. The largest family of insects/animals is the Ichneumonidae, with over 60,000 species. Staphylinidae and Curculionidae are second and third, respectively. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.59.78.208 (talk) 02:48, 30 March 2011 (UTC)

 Fixed. Turns out the statement was actually 13 years old, leaving plenty of opportunity for it to become invalid. Bob the WikipediaN ^{(talk • contribs)} 15:30, 30 March 2011 (UTC)

Changed to a generic statement since there now appear to be many more species. All the best: Rich Farmbrough, 23:36, 17 February 2016 (UTC).

Range?

What is the geographic range of curculionidae? The article could use a note about that. — O'Dea (talk) 04:08, 26 July 2011 (UTC)

It occurs worldwidely, as can be deducted by taking a look at the left corner "Languages" menu, on the article page. It's present in all Americas, Africa, Europe, Asia and Oceania.►Sampayu 06:07, 7 November 2012 (UTC)

Dubious Fame of the Boll Weevil

The following was previously under the Description section:

• The word "weevil" has been made famous by the boll weevil, which lays its eggs and feeds inside cotton bolls, ruining the crop.

While the cotton bug might be culturally relevant in cotton growing places, and while music from those regions may have references to boll weevils that make "boll weevil" the weevil familiar to people from regions that don't have weevils at all, it would be a stretch to say that the word "weevil" itself was made famous by boll weevils. By way of counterexample, a quick google search for "weevil" will show ways to get rid of the household pest commonly found in grain significantly higher than references to the agricultural pest. If the author of this line would like to reinclude it, I think that a discussion of the cultural relevance of boll weevils could make an interesting section. It would just need a lot more work; in the mean time, I have deleted that line. Iroll (talk) 20:51, 25 March 2014 (UTC)

Taxonomy should be updated

The taxonomy of the family should be updated according to: Bouchard P. et al. (2011) Family-group names in Coleoptera (Insecta). ZooKeys 88:1-972 --Esculapio (talk) 16:24, 28 February 2015 (UTC)

Leptoniinae

Removed per html comment:

• Leptoniinae<!-- no Google hits for Leptoniinae or Leptoniini --> (disputed)

Of course there are now many Google hits, derived from this page (in various languages). All the best: Rich Farmbrough, 23:43, 17 February 2016 (UTC).

External links modified

Hello fellow Wikipedians,

I have just modified one external link on Curculionidae. Please take a moment to review my edit. If you have any questions, or need the bot to ignore the links, or the page altogether, please visit this simple FaQ for additional information. I made the following changes:

• Added archive https://web.archive.org/web/20100806194358/http://ipmnews.msu.edu/fruit/Fruit/tabid/123/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/2857/Emerging-pest-alert-The-apple-flea-weevil.aspx to http://ipmnews.msu.edu/fruit/Fruit/tabid/123/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/2857/Emerging-pest-alert-The-apple-flea-weevil.aspx

When you have finished reviewing my changes, you may follow the instructions on the template below to fix any issues with the URLs.

This message was posted before February 2018. After February 2018, "External links modified" talk page sections are no longer generated or monitored by InternetArchiveBot. No special action is required regarding these talk page notices, other than regular verification using the archive tool instructions below. Editors have permission to delete these "External links modified" talk page sections if they want to de-clutter talk pages, but see the RfC before doing mass systematic removals. This message is updated dynamically through the template {{source check}} (last update: 5 June 2024).

• If you have discovered URLs which were erroneously considered dead by the bot, you can report them with this tool.
• If you found an error with any archives or the URLs themselves, you can fix them with this tool.

Cheers.—InternetArchiveBot (Report bug) 15:06, 15 August 2017 (UTC)