Cryptorhynchinae {subfamily} - Arthropoda; Insecta; Coleoptera; Curculionidae;

Cryptorhynchinae is a large subfamily of weevils (Curculionidae), with some 6000 species. They are found in most zoogeographic regions although they are most diverse in the Neotropics, Australia and Oceania. They are distinguished by having their rostrum (snout) backwardly directed between their fore coxae in repose, and fitting within a protective channel that usually ends in a cup-like structure on the mesoventrite (ventral mid thoracic segment). The ends of the tibiae also bear an uncus (small hook-like extensions), a character they share with many other groups of Curculionidae that use woody plants for oviposition. They are merged into the Molytinae in some treatments, but a recent molecular study shows that Cryptorhynchinae sensu stricto are monophyletic and best kept as an independent subfamily. Some species of Cryptorhynchinae are considered agricultural pests, such as the mango seed weevil Sternochetus mangiferae, but the great majority of species live in primary forests, often on deadwood and are threatened by habitat loss. In Europe, the flightless genus Acalles is most diverse, and restricted to woodlands of long-lasting habitat continuity According to a biogeographical analysis Cryptorhynchinae s.s. originated in the Late Cretaceous in South America. Within the ‘Acalles group’ and the ‘Cryptorhynchus group’, several independent dispersal events to the Western Palaearctic via the Nearctic occurred in the Late Cretaceous and Early Paleogene. A southern route via Antarctica allowed the colonization of Australia in the Late Cretaceous, where a diverse Indo-Australian clade probably emerged about 73 million years ago. full article at Wikipedia

Specimen Records:	7,538	Public Records:	6,303
Specimens with Sequences:	7,340	Public Species:	1,931
Specimens with Barcodes:	6,141	Public BINs:	1,667
Species:	1,979
Species With Barcodes:	1,785
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Indonesia 931 Ecuador 69 China 23 Spain 186 Australia 56 Austria 23 New Zealand 166 Portugal 39 Argentina 20 Germany 124 Taiwan 34 Greece 14 Panama 119 United States 34 Norway 12 Canada 80 Papua New Guinea 32 Russia 12 Tanzania 78 Georgia 31