Curculionoidea
TaxID: 71529
Basic Information
Curculionoidea
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Weevils are beetles belonging to the superfamily Curculionoidea, known for their very long snouts. They are usually small – less than 6 mm (1⁄4 in) in length – and herbivorous. Approximately 97,000 species of weevils are known. They belong to several families, with most of them in the family Curculionidae (the true weevils). It also includes bark beetles, which while morphologically dissimilar to other weevils in lacking the distinctive snout, is a subfamily of Curculionidae. Some other beetles, although not closely related, bear the name "weevil", such as the leaf beetle subfamily Bruchinae, known as "bean weevils", or the biscuit weevil (Stegobium paniceum), which belongs to the family Ptinidae. Many weevils are considered pests because of their ability to damage and kill crops. The grain or wheat weevil (Sitophilus granarius) damages stored grain, as does the maize weevil (Sitophilus zeamais), among others. The boll weevil (Anthonomus grandis) attacks cotton crops; it lays its eggs inside cotton bolls and the larvae eat their way out. Other weevils are used for biological control of invasive plants. A weevil's rostrum, or elongated snout, hosts chewing mouthparts instead of the piercing mouthparts that proboscis-possessing insects are known for. The mouthparts are often used to excavate tunnels into grains. In more derived weevils, the rostrum has a groove in which the weevil can fold the first segment of its antennae. Most weevils have the ability to fly (including pest species such as the rice weevil), though a significant number are flightless, such as the genus Otiorhynchus, and others can jump. One species of weevil, Austroplatypus incompertus, exhibits eusociality, one of the few insects outside the Hymenoptera and the Isoptera to do so.
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Taxonomic Information
Eukaryota
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
unclassified
unclassified
unclassified
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Superfamily
k__Eukaryota;p__Arthropoda;c__Insecta;o__Coleoptera;f__unclassified;g__unclassified;s__unclassified
Arthropods
Photos (0 photos)
No photos available.
Morphological Features
No morphological description available.
Host Plants (0 host plants)
Data sources: EPPO Global Database and relevant literature.
No host plants available.
Quarantine Status (1 records)
Data sources: IPPC website and national quarantine websites; verified by human review.
| Country | Status | Year Added |
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| United States of America | Quarantine pests | — |
Distribution (0 countries)
Data Sources: EPPO Global Database and GBIF.
No distribution records available.
Genomes (0 records)
Data source: NCBI.
No genome records available.
Transcriptomes (3 records)
Data source: NCBI.
| Run ID | Tissue | Developmental Stage | Sex | Read Count | Location | Actions |
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| ERR17468145 | - | - | NOT COLLECTED | 59842914 | N/A | |
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PRJEB79530 ERX16859632 ERP163690 insect Illumina NovaSeq X paired end sequencing Illumina sequencing of sample accession SAMEA114645124 for study accession PRJEB79530. This submission includes reads tagged with the sequence CACTGCGA. {'gal': 'University of Oxford', 'sex': 'NOT COLLECTED', 'tolid': 'icGryEqui3', 'habitat': 'Fen', 'elevation': '150', 'lifestage': 'adult', 'broker name': 'COPO', 'sample name': '655b3873fbcb208dd5510a7e', 'specimen_id': 'Ox003444', 'collected_by': 'Liam Crowley | Finley Huchinson', 'project name': 'DTOL', 'submitter id': '655b3873fbcb208dd5510a7e', 'gal_sample_id': 'Ox003444', 'identified_by': 'Liam Crowley', 'organism part': 'WHOLE ORGANISM', 'sample same as': 'SAMEA114644512', 'collection date': '2023-04-25', 'scientific_name': 'Grypus equiseti', 'barcoding center': 'NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM', 'insdc center name': 'EarlhamInstitute', 'collecting institution': 'University of Oxford', 'identifier_affiliation': 'University of Oxford', 'sample collection method': 'Sweep net', 'geographic location (latitude)': '51.767', 'geographic location (longitude)': '-1.311', 'geographic location (country and/or sea)': 'United Kingdom', 'geographic location (region and locality)': 'Berkshire | Wytham Woods'} |
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| ERR17468138 | - | - | female | 52024303 | N/A | |
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PRJEB75556 ERX16859625 ERP160134 insect Illumina NovaSeq X paired end sequencing Illumina sequencing of sample accession SAMEA10201181 for study accession PRJEB75556. This submission includes reads tagged with the sequence GGGACAAA. {'gal': 'University of Oxford', 'sex': 'female', 'tolid': 'icNedQuad4', 'habitat': 'Woodland', 'lifestage': 'adult', 'broker name': 'Collaborative Open Plant Omics broker account, Earlham Institute, Norwich', 'external id': 'SAMEA10201181', 'sample name': '613f12a0afa83eb753045b4a', 'specimen_id': 'Ox001408', 'collected_by': 'Liam Crowley', 'insdc status': 'public', 'project name': 'DTOL', 'submitter id': '613f12a0afa83eb753045b4a', 'gal_sample_id': 'Ox001408', 'identified_by': 'Liam Crowley', 'organism part': 'WHOLE ORGANISM', 'sample same as': 'SAMEA10166984', 'collection date': '2021-06-03', 'ena-last-update': '2021-09-27', 'barcoding center': 'NOT PROVIDED', 'ena-first-public': '2021-09-27', 'insdc center name': 'EarlhamInstitute', 'insdc last update': '2021-09-27T11:35:52Z', 'insdc center alias': 'EarlhamInstitute', 'insdc first public': '2021-09-27T11:35:52Z', 'collecting institution': 'University of Oxford', 'identifier_affiliation': 'University of Oxford', 'geographic location (latitude)': '51.77', 'geographic location (elevation)': '150', 'geographic location (longitude)': '-1.329', 'geographic location (country and/or sea)': 'United Kingdom', 'geographic location (region and locality)': 'Berkshire | Wytham woods'} |
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| ERR17468140 | - | - | NOT COLLECTED | 49401452 | N/A | |
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PRJEB77437 ERX16859627 ERP161870 insect Illumina NovaSeq X paired end sequencing Illumina sequencing of sample accession SAMEA114806410 for study accession PRJEB77437. This submission includes reads tagged with the sequence CGAGGGTT. {'gal': 'Natural History Museum', 'sex': 'NOT COLLECTED', 'tolid': 'icPlaResi2', 'habitat': 'NOT COLLECTED', 'lifestage': 'adult', 'broker name': 'COPO', 'external id': 'SAMEA114806410', 'sample name': '6560d22f8a276eabc6e4d3e7', 'specimen_id': 'NHMUK014560507', 'collected_by': 'MICHAEL GEISER', 'insdc status': 'public', 'project name': 'DTOL', 'submitter id': '6560d22f8a276eabc6e4d3e7', 'gal_sample_id': 'NHMUK014560507', 'identified_by': 'MICHAEL GEISER', 'organism part': 'WHOLE ORGANISM', 'sample same as': 'SAMEA114806274', 'collection date': '2022-05-02', 'ena-last-update': '2023-12-06T13:26:30Z', 'scientific_name': 'Platyrhinus resinosus', 'barcoding center': 'NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM', 'ena-first-public': '2023-12-06T13:26:30Z', 'insdc center name': 'EarlhamInstitute', 'insdc last update': '2023-12-06T13:26:30Z', 'insdc first public': '2023-12-06T13:26:30Z', 'collecting institution': 'NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM', 'identifier_affiliation': 'NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM', 'geographic location (latitude)': '51.48', 'geographic location (longitude)': '-0.24', 'sample collection device or method': 'Hand Picked', 'geographic location (country and/or sea)': 'United Kingdom', 'geographic location (region and locality)': 'England|London|Barnes|WWT London Wetland Centre'} |
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