Family Anthribidae - Fungus Weevils

Antribidae Billberg 1820

88 spp. in 30 genera and 17 tribes in the Nearctic, plus 30 undescribed spp. of Ormiscus and a few species in other genera(1), ~3900 spp. in >370 genera total(2)

Overview of our faunaTaxa not yet in the guide are marked (*)

Family Anthribidae

Subfamily Choraginae

Subfamily Anthribinae

0.4‒16 mm(3)

Head with a broad flat beak, rarely small; antennae not elbowed, most apically clubbed, sometimes absent in species with elongate antennae, mandibles large. Tibiae without spurs but in males of some genera with an apical hook or tooth. Body very variable in shape, from robust, usually brownish, very often mottled with patches of white, gray, brown or straw-colored hairs, to mite-like in shape.

worldwide, mostly tropical; in NA, more diverse in the east

adults found mostly on the larval food plants; larvae in tree twigs/branches, hard or polypore fungi, under bark of dead/dying trees(3)