Platypodinae

Platypodinae
Platypus cylindrus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Cucujiformia
Superfamily:	Curculionoidea
Family:	Curculionidae
Subfamily:	Platypodinae Shuckard, 1840
Tribes
Mecopelmini Platypodini Schedlariini Tesserocerini

Platypodinae is a weevil subfamily in the family Curculionidae. They are important early decomposers of dead woody plant material in wet tropics; all but two species are ambrosia beetles that cultivate fungi in tunnels excavated in dead wood as the sole food for their larvae. They are sometimes known as pinhole borers.^[1]

Genera

Tribus: Mecopelmini

• Mecopelmus

Tribus: Platypodini

• Austroplatypus – Baiocis – Carchesiopygus – Costaroplatus – Crossotarsus – Cylindropalpus – Dendroplatypus – Dinoplatypus – Doliopygus – Epiplatypus – Euplatypus – Megaplatypus – Mesoplatypus – Myoplatypus – Neotrachyostus – Oxoplatypus – Pereioplatypus – Peroplatypus – Platyphysus – Platypus – Teloplatypus – Trachyostus – Treptoplatypus – Triozastus

Tribus: Schedlariini

• Schedlarius

Tribus: Tesserocerini

• Diapodina - Tesserocerina^[2]

See also

• Ambrosia beetle

References

1. Jordal, Bjarte H. (2015). "Molecular phylogeny and biogeography of the weevil subfamily Platypodinae reveals evolutionarily conserved range patterns". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 92: 294–307. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2015.05.028.
2. WikiSpecies

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