{{Short description|Family of beetles}} {{Taxobox | image = Flickr - Lukjonis - Beetle - Byctiscus betulae (1).jpg | image_caption = ''Byctiscus betulae'' | regnum = Animalia | phylum = Arthropoda | classis = Insecta | ordo = Coleoptera | superfamilia = Curculionoidea | familia = '''Rhynchitidae''' | familia_authority = Gistel, 1856 }} thumb|thumbtime=0:04|''Byctiscus populi'' in copula and leaf-rolling
'''Rhynchitidae''', the '''tooth-nosed snout weevils''', are small beetles (1.5 to 6.5 mm) that are usually found in vegetation. They usually use buds, fruits, or seeds for oviposition. The tooth-nosed snout weevils receive this name due to the teeth on the edges of their mandibles.
Traditionally considered a subfamily of Attelabidae within the Curculionoidea (weevils and relatives), the tooth-nosed snout weevils are regarded as a separate family '''Rhynchitidae''' by some authorities.
A common member of this group is the rose curculio, ''Merhynchites bicolor'', which feeds on roses.
A number of species from Rhynchitidae are recorded from Britain.
The thief weevil, ''Pterocolus ovatus'', is the only pterocoline (subfamily Pterocolinae) known from North America. It is an obligate egg predator and nidus kleptoparasite (nest thief) of some beetles in the family Attelabidae.
==Genera== These genera belong to the subfamily Rhynchitinae:<ref name=itis/><ref name=bugguide/><ref name=Alonso-Zarazaga1999/><ref name=Bouchard2011/> {{Div col|colwidth=22em}} * ''Acritorrhynchites'' <small>Voss, 1941</small> * ''Aderorhinus'' <small>Sharp, 1889</small> * ''Afrorhynchites'' <small>Legalov, 2003</small> * ''Aspidobyctiscus'' <small>Schilsky, 1903</small> * ''Auletobius'' <small>Desbrochers, 1869</small> * ''Byctiscus'' <small>Thomson, 1859</small> * ''Caenorhinus'' <small>Thomson, 1859</small> * ''Chonostropheus'' <small>Prell, 1924</small> * ''Cyaneugnamptus'' <small>Legalov, 2003</small> * ''Cyllorhynchites'' <small>Voss, 2013</small> * ''Deporaus'' <small>Samouelle, 1819</small> * ''Eomesauletes'' <small>Legalov, 2001</small> * ''Essodius'' <small>Sharp, 1889</small> * ''Eugnamptus'' <small>Schönherr, 1839</small> * ''Eugnamptobius'' <small>Voss, 1922</small> * ''Haplorhynchites'' <small>Voss, 1924</small> * ''Hemilypus'' <small>Sharp, 1889</small> * ''Involvulus'' <small>Schrank, 1798</small> * ''Lasiorhynchites'' <small>Jekel, 1860</small> * ''Mecorhis'' <small>Billberg, 1820</small> * ''Merhynchites'' <small>Sharp, 1889</small> * ''Metopum'' * ''Minurus'' <small>Waterhouse, 1842</small> * ''Neocoenorhinidius'' <small>Legalov, 2003</small> * ''Neocoenorrhinus'' <small>Voss, 1952</small> * ''Neoeugnamptus'' <small>Legalov, 2003</small> * ''Pseudauletes'' <small>Voss, 1922</small> * ''Rhodocyrtus'' <small>Alonso-Zarazaga & Lyal, 1999</small> * ''Rhynchites'' <small>Schneider, 1791</small> * ''Schoenitemnus'' <small>Legalov, 2003</small> * ''Tatianaerhynchites'' <small>Legalov 2002</small> * ''Temnocerus'' <small>Thunberg, 1815</small> * ''Teretriorhynchites'' <small>Voss, 1938</small> * † ''Stenorhynchites'' <small>Havlicek 1990</small> {{Div col end}}
==References== {{Reflist|refs= <ref name=itis> {{Cite web| title=Rhynchitinae Report | url=https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=678818 | website=Integrated Taxonomic Information System | access-date=2020-11-01 }}</ref>
<ref name=bugguide> {{Cite web| title=Rhynchitinae subfamily Information | url=https://bugguide.net/node/view/71233 | website=BugGuide.net | access-date=2020-11-01 }}</ref>
<ref name=Alonso-Zarazaga1999> {{Cite book | title = A World Catalogue of Families and Genera of Curculionoidea (Insecta: Coleoptera) (Excepting Scotylidae and Platypodidae) | date = 1999 | last1 = Alonso-Zarazaga | first1 = Miguel A. | last2 = Lyal | first2 = Christopher H. C. | publisher = Entomopraxis | isbn = 978-84-605-9994-4 }}</ref>
<ref name=Bouchard2011> {{Cite journal | title = Family-group names in Coleoptera (Insecta) | date = 2011 | last1 = Bouchard | first1 = Patrice | last2 = Bousquet | first2 = Yves | last3 = Davies | first3 = Anthony E. | last4 = Alonso-Zarazaga | first4 = Miguel A. | last5 = Lawrence | first5 = John F. | last6 = Lyal | first6 = Chris H. C. | last7 = Newton | first7 = Alfred F. | last8 = Reid | first8 = Chris A. M. | last9 = Schmitt | first9 = Michael | last10 = Ślipiński | first10 = S. Adam | last11 = Smith | first11 = Andrew B. T. | display-authors = 4 | journal = ZooKeys | issue = 88| pages = 1–972 | url = https://zookeys.pensoft.net/articles.php?id=4001 | doi = 10.3897/zookeys.88.807 | pmc=3088472 | pmid=21594053 | doi-access = free }}</ref> }}
{{Refbegin}} * Triplehorn CA, Johnson NF. 2005. Borror and Delong's Introduction to the Study of Insects. 7th Edition. {{ISBN|0-03-096835-6}} * Hall DW, Buss LJ. (2007). Thief weevil, ''Pterocolus ovatus'' Fabricius. Featured Creatures. EENY-420. {{Refend}}
==External links== {{Refbegin}} *[http://entomology.ifas.ufl.edu/creatures/misc/beetles/H_analis_P_ovatus.htm ''Pterocolus ovatus'', thief weevil] on the UF / IFAS Featured Creatures Web site {{Refend}}
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