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Tribe Platystomini

Fungus Weevil - Toxonotus fascicularis Toxonotus Toxonotus cornutus (Say) - Toxonotus cornutus Playing possum - Phoenicobiella chamaeropis - female Toxonotus cornutus (Say)  - Toxonotus cornutus Coleoptera - Toxonotus cornutus fungus Weevil - Toxonotus cornutus Tiki Weevil - Phoenicobiella chamaeropis - male
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Coleoptera (Beetles)
Suborder Polyphaga
No Taxon (Series Cucujiformia)
Superfamily Curculionoidea
Family Anthribidae (Fungus Weevils)
Subfamily Anthribinae
Tribe Platystomini
Explanation of Names
Platystomini Pierce 1916
Numbers
2 genera in our area, 27 total(1)
Range
worldwide (mostly tropical) but with only 3 genera in the New World (none shared with the Old World)(1)
Works Cited
1.A world catalogue of families and genera of Curculionoidea (Insecta: Coleoptera)
Alonso-Zarazaga M.A., Lyal C.H.C. 1999. Entomopraxis, Barcelona. 315 pp.