Dryophthorinae
E151647
Dryophthorinae is a subfamily of weevils that includes several economically important pest species, such as those that attack palms and stored products.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Dryophthorinae canonical | 2 |
| Brachyceridae | 1 |
| Dryophthoridae | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1328595 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Dryophthorinae Context triple: [Curculionidae, notableSubfamily, Dryophthorinae]
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A.
Eumeninae
Eumeninae is a large subfamily of solitary wasps, commonly known as potter or mason wasps, recognized for their mud-built nests and role as predators of caterpillars.
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B.
Euparagiinae
Euparagiinae is a small, relatively primitive subfamily of wasps within the family Vespidae, known for its distinctive morphology and limited geographic distribution in arid regions of North America.
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C.
Odontophoridae
Odontophoridae is a family of New World quails, small ground-dwelling game birds known for their rounded bodies, short tails, and often elaborate head plumes.
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D.
Mimidae
Mimidae is a family of passerine birds known for their vocal mimicry, including mockingbirds, thrashers, and catbirds.
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E.
Dorylinae
Dorylinae is a subfamily of ants commonly known as army ants, characterized by their nomadic behavior and highly coordinated group foraging.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Dryophthorinae Target entity description: Dryophthorinae is a subfamily of weevils that includes several economically important pest species, such as those that attack palms and stored products.
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A.
Eumeninae
Eumeninae is a large subfamily of solitary wasps, commonly known as potter or mason wasps, recognized for their mud-built nests and role as predators of caterpillars.
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B.
Euparagiinae
Euparagiinae is a small, relatively primitive subfamily of wasps within the family Vespidae, known for its distinctive morphology and limited geographic distribution in arid regions of North America.
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C.
Odontophoridae
Odontophoridae is a family of New World quails, small ground-dwelling game birds known for their rounded bodies, short tails, and often elaborate head plumes.
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D.
Mimidae
Mimidae is a family of passerine birds known for their vocal mimicry, including mockingbirds, thrashers, and catbirds.
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E.
Dorylinae
Dorylinae is a subfamily of ants commonly known as army ants, characterized by their nomadic behavior and highly coordinated group foraging.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (32)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
subfamily of insects
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taxon ⓘ |
| belongsToSuperfamily | Curculionoidea ⓘ |
| class | Insecta ⓘ |
| commonName | dryophthorine weevils ⓘ |
| distribution | cosmopolitan ⓘ |
| ecologicalRole | herbivore ⓘ |
| economicImportance |
major agricultural pests
ⓘ
major post‑harvest pests ⓘ |
| hasMember |
Rhynchophorus ferrugineus
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Rhynchophorus palmarum ⓘ Sitophilus granarius ⓘ Sitophilus oryzae ⓘ Sitophilus zeamais ⓘ Sphenophorus spp. ⓘ |
| impact |
damage to palm plantations
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losses in stored grains ⓘ |
| includes |
grain weevils
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palm weevils ⓘ stored‑product pests ⓘ |
| kingdom | Animalia ⓘ |
| lifeStage | larvae develop inside plant tissues or stored products ⓘ |
| morphologicalCharacteristic |
elongate snout (rostrum)
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geniculate antennae with club ⓘ |
| notableFor |
economically important pest species
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pests of palms ⓘ pests of stored products ⓘ |
| order | Coleoptera ⓘ |
| parentTaxon |
Curculionidae
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weevil family ⓘ |
| phylum | Arthropoda ⓘ |
| taxonomicRank | subfamily ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Dryophthorinae Description of subject: Dryophthorinae is a subfamily of weevils that includes several economically important pest species, such as those that attack palms and stored products.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Dryophthorinae
linked to: Dryophthorinae