Brentinae

Subfamily of beetles

Brentinae

Amorphocephala coronata
Scientific classification
Domain:  | Eukaryota
Kingdom:  | Animalia
Phylum:  | Arthropoda
Class:  | Insecta
Order:  | Coleoptera
Suborder:  | Polyphaga
Infraorder:  | Cucujiformia
Family:  | Brentidae
Subfamily:  | Brentinae
Billberg, 1820
Synonyms[1]

Trachelizinae Lacordaire, 1866

Brentinae is a subfamily of sometimes called "straight-snouted weevils" in the family of beetles known as Brentidae; both were based on the type genus Brentus and erected by Gustaf Johan Billberg in 1820.[2]

Brentus laticornis

## Tribes and genera

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BioLib includes seven tribes,[1] three monogeneric:

Brentini Billberg, 1820

Selected genera:

* Arrenodes Schoenherr, 1823 i c g
* Baryrhynchus Lacordaire, 1865 i c g
* Brentus Fabricius, 1787 i c g b
* Cephalobarus Schoenherr, 1840 i c g
* Eutrachelus Berthold, 1827 i c g
* Heterobrenthus Sharp, 1895 i c g b
* Orychodes Pascoe, 1862 i c g

Cyladini Schönherr, 1823

1. Cylas Latreille, 1802

Cyphagogini H.J. Kolbe, 1892
Pholidochlamydini Damoiseau, 1962

1. Pholidochlamys Lacordaire, 1866

### Taphroderini

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Authority Lacordaire, 1865; all genera:

1. Aulacoderes Chevrolat, 1839
2. Bolbocranius Kolbe, 1897
3. Monrosiaia Haedo Rossi, 1960
4. Plesiobolbus Kolbe, 1916
5. Taphroderes Schönherr, 1823
6. Taphroderoides Scivittaro, 1975
7. Taphroderomimus Kleine, 1927
8. Taphroderopsis Scivittaro, 1975

Trachelizini Lacordaire, 1865
Ulocerini Schönherr, 1823

1. Ulocerus Schönherr, 1823

Data sources: i = ITIS,[3] c = Catalogue of Life,[4] g = GBIF,[5] b = Bugguide.net[6]

## References

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1. ^ a b BioLib.cz: subfamily straight-snouted weevils - Brentinae Billberg, 1820 (retrieved 5 April 2025)
2. ^ Billberg GJ (1820) Enumeratio Insectorum in Musaeo Gust. Joh. Billberg. Typis Gadelianis. Stockholm: 138 pp.
3. ^ "Brentinae Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-04-25.
4. ^ "Catalogue of Life". Retrieved 2018-04-25.
5. ^ "GBIF". Retrieved 2018-04-25.
6. ^ "Brentinae Subfamily Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-04-25.

## Further reading

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* Sforzi, Alessandra; Bartolozzi, Luca (2004). Sforzi, Alessandra; Bartolozzi, Luca (eds.). Brentidae of the world (Coleoptera, Curculionoidea). Monographie del Museo Regionale di Scienze Naturali, Torino. Vol. 39\. Museo Regionale di Scienze Naturali. ISBN 978-88-86041-35-5. ISSN 1121-7545.
* Anderson, Robert S.; Kissinger, David G. (2002). "Family 129: Brentidae Billberg, 1820". In Arnett, Ross H. Jr.; Thomas, Michael C.; Skelley, Paul E.; Frank, J. Howard (eds.). American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea. CRC Press. pp. 711–719\. ISBN 978-0-8493-0954-0.711-719&rft.pub=CRC+Press&rft.date=2002&rft.isbn=978-0-8493-0954-0&rft.aulast=Anderson&rft.aufirst=Robert+S.&rft.au=Kissinger,+David+G.&rfr_id=info:sid/en.wikipedia.org:Brentinae" class="Z3988">
* Douglas, H.; Bouchard, P.; Anderson, R. S.; de Tonnancour, P.; et al. (2013). "New Curculionoidea (Coleoptera) records for Canada". ZooKeys (681): 13–48\. doi:10.3897/zookeys.681.12469. PMC 5523881. PMID 28769721.13-48&rft.date=2013&rft_id=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5523881#id-name=PMC&rft_id=info:pmid/28769721&rft_id=info:doi/10.3897/zookeys.681.12469&rft.aulast=Douglas&rft.aufirst=H.&rft.au=Bouchard,+P.&rft.au=Anderson,+R.+S.&rft.au=de+Tonnancour,+P.&rft.au=Vigneault,+R.&rft.au=Webster,+R.+P&rft_id=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5523881&rfr_id=info:sid/en.wikipedia.org:Brentinae" class="Z3988">
* Lobl, I.; Smetana, A., eds. (2013). Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 7: Curculionoidea I. Apollo Books. ISBN 978-90-04-26093-1.
* Lobl, I.; Smetana, A., eds. (2013). Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 8: Curculionoidea II. Apollo Books. ISBN 978-90-04-25916-4.
* LeConte, J. L. (1861). Classification of the Coleoptera of North America. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections. Vol. 3\. Smithsonian Institution. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.38459. ISBN 978-0665100550.

## External links

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* Media related to Brentinae at Wikimedia Commons

Taxon identifiers

Brentinae|

* Wikidata: Q20861451
* Wikispecies: Brentinae
* AFD: Brentinae
* BioLib: 243758
* BugGuide: 20248
* Fauna Europaea: 101236
* Fauna Europaea (new): 24ae7674-b36a-4da8-825d-fb7a9895b49c
* ITIS: 678822
* NCBI: 123514
* Open Tree of Life: 878457
* Paleobiology Database: 71323