Nemonychidae

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Nemonychidae is a family of primitive weevils known for feeding primarily on conifer pollen and representing one of the most basal lineages within the weevil superfamily.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Nemonychidae canonical 3
Nemonychinae 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf insect family ⓘ
weevil family ⓘ
adultHabitat conifer flowers and cones ⓘ
associatedWithHostPlantGroup Araucariaceae ⓘ
Pinaceae ⓘ
belongsToSuperfamily Curculionoidea ⓘ
characterizedBy elongate rostrum ⓘ
lack of functional mandibular grooves on rostrum ⓘ
relatively simple antennal structure ⓘ
class Insecta ⓘ
commonName pine flower weevils ⓘ
containsSubfamily Cimberidinae ⓘ
Nemonychinae ⓘ
linked to: Nemonychidae

Rhinorhynchinae ⓘ
describedAs primitive weevils ⓘ
diagnosticFeature adults often found on male cones or flowers of conifers ⓘ
larvae develop in cones or reproductive structures of host plants ⓘ
distribution cosmopolitan in temperate and subtropical regions ⓘ
ecologicalRole cone and flower feeder on conifers ⓘ
herbivore ⓘ
evolutionaryPosition basal lineage within Curculionoidea ⓘ
evolutionarySignificance represents one of the most basal weevil lineages ⓘ
feedingHabit pollen-feeding ⓘ
fossilRecord known from Mesozoic fossils ⓘ
geologicalTimeRange at least since the Jurassic ⓘ
hasMember Cimberis elongata ⓘ
Nemonyx lepturoides ⓘ
linked to: Nemonyx

Rhinorhynchus rufulus ⓘ
higherClassification Curculionomorpha ⓘ
linked to: Curculionoidea

Polyphaga ⓘ
hostSpecificity often host-specific to particular conifer species ⓘ
kingdom Animalia ⓘ
larvalFeedingHabit feeding in cones of conifers ⓘ
larvalHabitat inside conifer cones or reproductive tissues ⓘ
morphologicalSignificance retains several plesiomorphic weevil characters ⓘ
order Coleoptera ⓘ
parentTaxon Curculionoidea ⓘ
phylum Arthropoda ⓘ
primaryFoodSource conifer pollen ⓘ
recognizedBy modern entomological classification systems ⓘ
reproductionSite conifer cones ⓘ
researchImportance important for understanding early evolution of weevils ⓘ
speciesCount dozens of described species ⓘ
taxonRank family ⓘ
typeGenus Nemonyx ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Curculionoidea → contains → Nemonychidae ⓘ
Brentidae → relatedTo → Nemonychidae ⓘ
Nemonychidae → containsSubfamily → Nemonychinae ⓘ
linked to: Nemonychidae
Belidae → relatedTo → Nemonychidae ⓘ