Nemonychidae Bedel

Janicki, Julia & Young, Daniel K., 2017, Nemonychidae and Anthribidae of Wisconsin (Coleoptera: Curculionoidea), Insecta Mundi 2017 (579), pp. 1-36 : 2

Family Nemonychidae Bedel

In the Northern Hemisphere, most nemonychids are associated with staminate cones of pines and are commonly referred to as the “pine flower snout beetles” ( Blatchley and Leng 1916). The species in Nemonyx feed on plants in the family Ranunculaceae .

Nemonychidae is a relatively small family with three subfamilies: Nemonychinae (for the Eurasian Nemonyx , only), Rhinorhynchinae and Cimberidinae . There are 76 species in 23 genera in the world. The Nearctic nemonychids are now placed in the subfamilies Rhinorhynchinae and Cimberidinae (= Doydirhynchinae ), comprising five genera and 17 species; two species of the rhinorhynchine genus Atopomacer are endemic to Mexico.

Thomas and Herdy (1961) provided life history information on Cimberis elongata (LeConte) , (the only species reported in the published literature from Wisconsin prior to this survey ( O’Brien and Wibmer 1982; Hamilton 1994). Two species were confirmed from Wisconsin during the present study: C. elongata and Cimberis pilosa (LeConte) .

Family diagnosis. Adult nemonychids can be distinguished from other primitive weevils by presence of distinctly paired gular sutures ( Bright 1993), basally narrowed rostrum, distinct labrum (shared with Anthribidae ), simple inner elytral surface, and by the confused elytral punctation.