Attelabidae

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| taxon = Attelabidae

| authority = Billberg, 1820

| subdivision_ranks = Subfamilies

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Apoderinae

Attelabinae - leaf-rolling weevils

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The Attelabidae is a widespread family of weevils.Riedel, A. (2014). 3.4 Attelabidae Billberg, 1820. In: Leschen R.A.B. & Beutel, R.G. (Eds) Handbook of Zoology, Coleoptera, Beetles Volume 3: Morphology and Systematics (Phytophaga). DeGruyter, Berlin, pp. 328–355. They are among the primitive weevils, because of their straight antennae, which are inserted near the base of the rostrum. The prothorax is much narrower than the base of the elytra on the abdomen. Attelabidae and the related family Rhynchitidae are known commonly as the leaf-rolling weevils.Legalov, A. A. (2004). [http://szmn.eco.nsc.ru/persons/legalov/legalov068_1.pdf New data of the leaf-rolling weevils (Coleoptera: Rhynchitidae, Attelabidae) of the world fauna with description of 35 new taxons.] Baltic Journal of Coleopterology 4(1) 63-88. Rhynchitidae may be treated as subfamily Rhynchitinae of the Attelabidae.

Some members of this family have long necks and may be called giraffe weevils, particularly Trachelophorus giraffa. A few species are minor agricultural pests. The larvae of Rhynchitinae feed in flower buds, fruits, and terminal shoots, or are leaf miners. The subfamily Attelabinae are the true leaf rollers. The female cuts slits into leaves to deposit her eggs, and rolls that part of the leaf in which the larvae will feed.

Taxonomy

=Selected genera=

Apoderus
Attelabus
Cycnotrachelus
Eleuscelus
Euops
Paralleuscelus
Pareleuscelus
Pheleuscelus
Rhodocyrtus
Rhynchites
Sawadaeuops
SuniopsLegalov, A. A. and N. Liu. (2005). [http://szmn.sbras.ru/Personal/legalov/legalov081.pdf New leaf-rolling weevils (Coleoptera: Rhynchitidae, Attelabidae) from China.] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170809034257/http://szmn.sbras.ru/Personal/legalov/legalov081.pdf |date=2017-08-09 }} Baltic Journal of Coleopterology 5(2) 99-132.
Trachelophorus

=Tree=

The phylogenetic position of the family within the Curculionoidea based on 18S ribosomal DNA and morphological data can be illustrated in a tree:{{cite journal |author=Marvaldi, A. E. |year=2002 |title=Molecular and morphological phylogenetics of weevils (Coleoptera, Curculionoidea): do niche shifts accompany diversification? |journal=Systematic Biology |volume=51 |issue=5 |pages=761–785 |doi=10.1080/10635150290102465 |pmid=12396590|display-authors=etal|doi-access=free }}

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References

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{{Cite journal

| title = Family-group names in Coleoptera (Insecta)

| date = 2011

| last1 = Bouchard | first1 = Patrice

| last2 = Bousquet | first2 = Yves

| last3 = Davies | first3 = Anthony E.

| last4 = Alonso-Zarazaga | first4 = Miguel A.

| last5 = Lawrence | first5 = John F.

| last6 = Lyal | first6 = Chris H. C.

| last7 = Newton | first7 = Alfred F.

| last8 = Reid | first8 = Chris A. M.

| last9 = Schmitt | first9 = Michael

| last10 = Ślipiński | first10 = S. Adam

| last11 = Smith | first11 = Andrew B. T.

| display-authors = 4

| journal = ZooKeys

| issue = 88| pages = 1–972

| url = https://zookeys.pensoft.net/articles.php?id=4001

| doi = 10.3897/zookeys.88.807

| pmc=3088472

| pmid=21594053

| bibcode = 2011ZooK...88....1B

| doi-access = free

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External links

[http://bugguide.net/node/view/5272/tree Bugguide]
[https://web.archive.org/web/20070929221321/http://www.beetleskorea.com/attelabidae.htm Korean Attelabidae]
[http://entomology.ifas.ufl.edu/creatures/misc/beetles/H_analis_P_ovatus.htm Homoeolabus analis] on the UF / IFAS Featured Creatures Web site

Category:Beetle families