Talk:Weevil

Merge

the same family is discribed here. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curculionidae

No. That describes the family, not the superfamily. Gug01 (talk) 18:23, 28 March 2015 (UTC)

Qualifier

I think the word "some" should be added to the beginning of the sentence: Weevils are destructive to crops.

With 60,000 species, there are probably a lot of weevils that never bother a soul.

One could look into this.

Perhaps we could list some of the specific weevil pests, like root weevils or cotton boll weevils?--Mr Fink 04:53, 17 October 2006 (UTC)

Move?

Why was this moved from Weevil? Virtually all the incoming links to that page are for the beetles. 213.249.235.86 13:55, 5 December 2006 (UTC)

You're right: this should never have been moved. The beetles are clearly the primary meaning of the word "weevil". I'll put it back. --Stemonitis 13:34, 10 December 2006 (UTC)

Something needs fixin'

Ugh. I didn't realize the weevil was a plant. :-) For some reason the Rhynchophora link on the Malpighiaceae page is redirecting here. Do we need a disambiguation page - or is there an error on one of the pages? Thanks! --RMann 18:10, 22 January 2007 (UTC)

Taxonomic consistency

This page should go by the work as G. Kuschel (1995) as the main guide to weevil taxonomy. This is also what the phylogeny section in the main page goes by. Therefore, Apionidae should not be included as a family, as they are now a subfamily of Brentidae. Also, the seed weevils bruchidae are actually in the 'leaf beetle' group Chrysomelidae, see Bruchinae. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Lauriec (talk • contribs) 22:36, 19 September 2007 (UTC)

The domestic weevil problem

I have been having a big problem with these too in pasta, rice, cereals, etc. Some had cited putting bay leaves near your dried goods as a solution. There is a useful weevil discussion at the link below for those with an infestation.

http://dearreader.typepad.com/dear/2004/11/how_to_get_rid_.html?cid=87177018#comment-87177018 —Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.23.43.101 (talk) 22:17, 21 October 2007 (UTC)

Lesser weevil

Lesser of two weevils :) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 89.174.214.122 (talk) 14:42, 21 September 2008 (UTC)

This is one of the notorious mediocre puns of Captain Jack Aubrey, I think. 95.33.126.59 (talk) 11:02, 9 March 2009 (UTC)

Deleted some nonsense

Hi- I deleted the following sentence

"Weevils are commonly known'Bold text' to tazer their pray from nozels in there nose"

Which not only includes three spelling errors, it is also factually, well, nonsense. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 89.243.33.62 (talk) 12:15, 25 December 2009 (UTC)

What's a Weevil?

While this page does contain much information about weevils, it doesn't make clear (to me, anyway) what a weevil actually is. The taxonomy section informs the reader how to distinguish the different subfamilies of weevil, and the introduction gives a few examples of weevils, great, but nowhere does it tell the reader how to distinguish a weevil from anything else, exactly. Having no knowledge on the subject, I am unqualified to put in this info myself, but I'm hoping someone else can do it. Thanks Granolanifa (talk) 17:57, 15 August 2010 (UTC)

I know, it doesn't even mention the weevils' defining characteristic: that snout.Zhoulikan (talk) 05:10, 18 March 2011 (UTC)

Range?

What is the geographic range of weevils? The article could use a note about that. — O'Dea (talk) 04:05, 26 July 2011 (UTC)

Seconded. I came here here looking for the range. The article is silent on such important information. Thanks Mercy11 (talk) 19:42, 1 May 2014 (UTC)

Obrienidae?

We have one red link to Obrienidae. Can anyone solve this suspicious weevil family name, possible that a fossil one?--Estopedist1 (talk) 19:16, 30 June 2021 (UTC)

Where do you see this red link? There is no such link on the Weevil page. Dyanega (talk) 21:16, 30 June 2021 (UTC)

I think @Estopedist1: may be looking at incoming links? Obrienidae is mentioned on Beetle and Evolution of insects as a possible weevil, though its a rather enigmatic and little understood family from the Triassic-Jurassic. The type paper (Zherichin V.V., Gratshev V.G. 1993. Obrieniidae, fam. nov., the oldest Mesozoic weevils (Coleoptera, Curculionoidea). Paleontological Journal 27(1A): 50-69.) and most major papers that discuss it are in Russian with little to no English language translation, making information sparse.

As it stands †Obrieniidae Zherikhin & Gratshev,1993 is known from the Ladinian - Carnian Madygen Formation, the Norian - Rhaetian Tologoy Formation, and the ?Oxfordian Karabastau Formation, all of Kyrgyzstan per the checklist of Mesozoic weevils. There are two subfamilies Obrieniinae (Obrienia & Guillermia) and Kararhynchinae (Tribe Kenderlykanini (Madygenorhynchus, Kenderlyka) Tribe Kararhynchini (Kararhynchus).--Kevmin § 18:26, 1 July 2021 (UTC)

As a note, per the WP:Paleo guidelines, the Family, subfamily and Tribes should be covered at the family article, while the lowest level articles should stop at genus, with coverage of the species there.--Kevmin § 18:46, 1 July 2021 (UTC)

As an additional note, the correct and accepted speling appears to be Obrieniidae, while Obrienidae is an orthographic variant in lesser usage.--Kevmin § 15:22, 3 July 2021 (UTC)

Weevil

Weevils are beetles belonging to the superfamily Curculionoidea, known for their elongated snouts. They are usually small, less than 6 mm (1⁄4 in) in length, and herbivorous. Approximately 97,000 species of weevils are known. They belong to several families, with most of them in the family Curculionidae (the true weevils). Some other beetles, although not closely related, bear the name "weevil", such as the biscuit weevil (Stegobium paniceum), which belongs to the family Ptinidae. 112.213.213.205 (talk) 12:11, 9 December 2021 (UTC)

Illustrations

There are two media illustrations on the page which are correctly tagged with the copyright status and relevant to the topic; however, the captions are a bit too general. I think including a greater variety of illustrations or the beetle in different environments may be more helpful to understand what physical traits are characteristic to the Weevil.(talk) 15:35, 08 February 2024 (UTC)

Images - from Weevil articles

Images:

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  Cycnotrachelus longicollis in India - Attelabidae
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  Rhinorhynchus rufulus lateral
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  Toxonotus cornutus - Anthribidae
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  Fungus weevil - Anthribidae
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  Chrysolopus spectabilis adult on white
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  Chrysolopus spectabilis
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  Doydirhynchus austriacus - Nemonychidae
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  Cimberis attelaboides - Cimberis

Xyxyzyz (talk) 00:54, 2 September 2022 (UTC)

What is the intended article improvement that this is for, and how were the images selected??--Kevmin § 00:58, 2 September 2022 (UTC)