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Home of the Database of Insects and their Food Plants Family   Curculionidae Sub Family   Description   weevils Background to Family   Globally, the Curculionidae is the largest insect family, and indeed, the largest family of the entire animal kingdom. In Britain there are more than 400 species, which display an enormous breadth of plant relationships. Weevils are well known for their elongated heads that form a 'snout' or 'beak' (rostrum). This enables adults to bore into plant tissues; in particular, females use their rostrum to help place eggs in the correct location. Further details are under sub-family headings.     No. taxa in DBIF   482 No. interactions   3140 % interactions with British data   45% No. records   4133 % taxa with British data   90% Notes   see sub-family entries; ; Notes on Sources   Most recent source   2007 Below is a list of all sources for this family / sub-family contained within DBIF. Click on source name for a list of all records for this source.   Source   Morris, M.G. (2002) True weevils (part I). Royal Entomological Society of London.1-146:33 Source   Anon(1978) Advis. Leafl. Minist. Agric. Fish. Fd. CDP:53 1-5:2 Source   Morris, M.G. (2002) True weevils (part I). Royal Entomological Society of London.1-146:38 Source   Morris, M.G. (2002) True weevils (part I). Royal Entomological Society of London.1-146:31 Source   Hoffmann, A. (1958) Faune de France. Coleopteres Curculionides 62:3 1209-1839:1435 Source   Hoffmann, A. (1954) Faune de France. Coleopteres Curculionides 59:2 487-1208:746 Source   Morris, M.G. (2002) True weevils (part I). Royal Entomological Society of London.1-146:92 Source   Walsh, G.B. & Dibb, J.R.(1954) Amat. Ent. 11 83-98:84 Source   Hoffmann, A. (1958) Faune de France. Coleopteres Curculionides 62:3 1209-1839:1429 Source   Hoffmann, A. (1958) Faune de France. Coleopteres Curculionides 62:3 1209-1839:1420 Source   Morris, M.G. (2002) True weevils (part I). Royal Entomological Society of London.1-146:36 Source   Jones, F.G.W. & Jones, M.G. (1974 ) Pests of Field Crops :153 Source   Morris, M.G. (2002) True weevils (part I). Royal Entomological Society of London.1-146:32 Source   Walsh, G.B. & Dibb, J.R.(1954) Amat. Ent. 11 83-98:94 Source   Anon(1982) Advis. Leafl. Minist. Agric. Fish. Fd. 386 1-8:2 Source   Hoffmann, A. (1958) Faune de France. Coleopteres Curculionides 62:3 1209-1839:1433 Source   Walsh, G.B. & Dibb, J.R.(1954) Amat. Ent. 11 83-98:85 Source   Anon(1978) Advis. Leafl. Minist. Agric. Fish. Fd. CDP:53 1-5:3 Source   Read, R.W.J.(1981) Entomologist's Rec. J. Var. 93 73-74:74 Source   Scherf, H.(1964) Abh. senckenb. naturforsch. Ges. 506 1-335:152 Source   Read, J. (1987-02) Col. Curculionidae, Coleopterist's Handbook Corrections :11 Source   Morris, M.G. (2002) True weevils (part I). Royal Entomological Society of London.1-146:37 Source   Owen, J.A.(1983) Entomologist's mon. Mag. 119 224-224:224 Source   Hoffmann, A. (1958) Faune de France. Coleopteres Curculionides 62:3 1209-1839:1430 Source   Allen, A.A. (1984) Comments on 1954 edition of Coleopterist's Handbook :7 Source   Morris, M.G. (2002) True weevils (part I). Royal Entomological Society of London.1-146:30 Source   Walsh, G.B. & Dibb, J.R.(1954) Amat. Ent. 11 83-98:95 Source   Morris, M.G. (2002) True weevils (part I). Royal Entomological Society of London.1-146:41 Source   Hoffmann, A. (1958) Faune de France. Coleopteres Curculionides 62:3 1209-1839:1426 Source   Morris, M.G. (2002) True weevils (part I). Royal Entomological Society of London.1-146:40 Source   Walsh, G.B. & Dibb, J.R.(1954) Amat. Ent. 11 83-98:87 Source   Hoffmann, A. (1958) Faune de France. Coleopteres Curculionides 62:3 1209-1839:1467 Source   Hoffmann, A. (1958) Faune de France. Coleopteres Curculionides 62:3 1209-1839:1434 Source   Walsh, G.B. & Dibb, J.R.(1954) Amat. Ent. 11 83-98:96