Anthribidae
E609063
Anthribidae is a family of beetles commonly known as fungus weevils, characterized by their association with fungi and distinctive elongated snouts.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Anthribidae canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6667744 — 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: Anthribidae Context triple: [Curculionoidea, contains, Anthribidae]
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A.
Tincidae
Tincidae is a family of freshwater fishes within the order Cypriniformes, best known for species like the tench (Tinca tinca) found in Eurasian lakes and slow-moving waters.
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B.
Psychrolutidae
Psychrolutidae is a family of deep-sea marine fishes, commonly known as blobfishes, characterized by their gelatinous bodies and adaptation to high-pressure ocean environments.
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C.
Gliridae
Gliridae is a family of small, nocturnal rodents commonly known as dormice, found mainly in Europe, Africa, and Asia and noted for their long periods of hibernation.
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D.
Eumolpidae
Eumolpidae were an ancient Athenian priestly family traditionally responsible for key hereditary roles in the Eleusinian Mysteries.
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E.
Andrenidae
Andrenidae is a large family of solitary, ground-nesting bees commonly known as mining bees, many of which are important early-spring pollinators.
- 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: Anthribidae Target entity description: Anthribidae is a family of beetles commonly known as fungus weevils, characterized by their association with fungi and distinctive elongated snouts.
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A.
Tincidae
Tincidae is a family of freshwater fishes within the order Cypriniformes, best known for species like the tench (Tinca tinca) found in Eurasian lakes and slow-moving waters.
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B.
Psychrolutidae
Psychrolutidae is a family of deep-sea marine fishes, commonly known as blobfishes, characterized by their gelatinous bodies and adaptation to high-pressure ocean environments.
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C.
Gliridae
Gliridae is a family of small, nocturnal rodents commonly known as dormice, found mainly in Europe, Africa, and Asia and noted for their long periods of hibernation.
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D.
Eumolpidae
Eumolpidae were an ancient Athenian priestly family traditionally responsible for key hereditary roles in the Eleusinian Mysteries.
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E.
Andrenidae
Andrenidae is a large family of solitary, ground-nesting bees commonly known as mining bees, many of which are important early-spring pollinators.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (40)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | beetle family ⓘ |
| belongsToClade | weevils ⓘ |
| class | Insecta ⓘ |
| commonName | fungus weevils ⓘ |
| diagnosticFeature |
antennae inserted on sides of rostrum or head
ⓘ
eyes often notched or emarginate ⓘ rostrum usually short to moderately elongated ⓘ |
| distribution | worldwide ⓘ |
| ecologicalRole |
decomposer associate
ⓘ
fungal spore disperser ⓘ |
| feedingHabit |
mycophagous
ⓘ
phytophagous ⓘ |
| hasCharacteristic |
association with fungi
ⓘ
clubbed antennae often not elbowed ⓘ elongated snout ⓘ often mottled or cryptic coloration ⓘ |
| includesPestSpecies |
Araecerus fasciculatus
ⓘ
linked to:
Araecerus
|
| kingdom | Animalia ⓘ |
| larvalHabitat |
dead wood
ⓘ
fungi ⓘ seeds ⓘ |
| lifeStage |
adult
ⓘ
egg ⓘ larva ⓘ pupa ⓘ |
| notableGenus |
Anthribus
ⓘ
Araecerus ⓘ Platystomos ⓘ Trigonorhinus ⓘ Tropideres ⓘ |
| order | Coleoptera ⓘ |
| pestCommonName | coffee bean weevil ⓘ |
| phylum | Arthropoda ⓘ |
| recognizedBy |
Catalogue of Life
ⓘ
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ⓘ Integrated Taxonomic Information System ⓘ |
| scientificNameAuthorship | Billberg, 1820 ⓘ |
| suborder | Polyphaga ⓘ |
| superfamily | Curculionoidea ⓘ |
| taxonRank | family ⓘ |
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: Anthribidae Description of subject: Anthribidae is a family of beetles commonly known as fungus weevils, characterized by their association with fungi and distinctive elongated snouts.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.