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Curculionoidea

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Curculionoidea [kər‚kyü·lē·ə′nȯid·ē·ə]
(invertebrate zoology)
A superfamily of coleopteran insects in the suborder Polyphaga.


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of species Total fauna 57,468 Vertebrata 1,255 Arthropoda 45,888 Hexapoda 9,591 37,303 Coleoptera 2,757 12,005 Staphylinidae 314 2,205 Curculionidae 370 1,667 Hymenoptera 1,580 7,509 Ichneumonidae 1,880 For comparison with the fauna of America north of Mexico, the following is appropriate: Staphylinidae * 2,561 Curculionoidea * 2,034 * As outlined by Newton et al.
 
 
 
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