page_title: Lixinae
section_title: Taxonomy
hierarchical_section_title: Lixinae / Taxonomy
caption_attribution_description: English: Temnorhinus mendicus (Gyllenhal, 1834) Italiano: Temnorhinus mendicus (Gyllenhal, 1834) Deutsch: Temnorhinus mendicus (Gyllenhal, 1834) Français&#160;: Temnorhinus mendicus (Gyllenhal, 1834)
context_page_description: Lixinae is a subfamily of true weevils, included in the Molytinae in many older treatments. They are mainly root feeders, although some develop in flower buds or stems. Several species are used in biological control of invasive weeds, namely knapweeds.
  Characteristics include tarsal claws that are fused at the base, and labial palps are short and telescoping. The body is elongate shape, as for some other weevils. Each tibia bears an uncus on its distal end. The rostrum is forwardly directed.
context_section_description: There are three tribes. The largest of these by far are the Cleonini, sometimes ranked as an independent subfamily in the past:
  Cleonini
  Adosomus
  Afghanocleonus
  Ammocleonus
  Aparotopus
  Aplesilus
  Apleurus
  Asinocleonus
  Asproparthenis
  Atactogaster
  Bodemeyeria
  Bothynoderes
  Brachycleonus
  Calodemas
  Centrocleonus
  Chromonotus
  Chromosomus
  Cleonis
  Cleonogonus
  Cleonolithus
  Cnemodontus
  Coniocleonus
  Conorhynchus
  Cosmogaster
  Curculionites
  Cyphocleonus
  Entymetopus
  Eocleonus
  Epexochus
  Ephimeronotus
  Epirrhynchus
  Eumecops
  Eurycleonus
  Georginus
  Gonocleonus
  Hemeurysternus
  Heterocleonus
  Isomerops
  Koenigius
  Leucochromus
  Leucomigus
  Leucophyes
  Liocleonus
  Lixocleonus
  Lixomorphus
  Lixopachys
  Mecaspis
  Menecleonus
  Mesocleonus
  Microcleonus
  Mongolocleonus
  Monolophus
  Neocleonus
  Nomimonyx
  Pachycerus
  Pajnisoodes
  Paraleucochromus
  Pentatropis
  Phaulosomus
  Pleurocleonus
  Pliocleonus
  Porocleonus
  Priorhinus
  Pseudisomerus
  Pseudocleonus
  Pycnodactylopsis
  Resmecaspis
  Rhabdorrhynchus
  Rungsonymus
  Scaphomorphus
  Stephanocleonus
  Surchania
  Temnorhinus
  Terminasiania
  Tetragonothorax
  Trachydemus
  Trichocleonus
  Trichotocleonus
  Whiteheadia
  Xanthochelus
  Xenomacrus
  Zaslavskia
  Lixini
  Broconius
  Eugeniodecus
  Eustenopus
  Gasteroclisus
  Hololixus
  Hypolixus
  Ileomus
  Lachnaeus
  Larinus
  Lixus
  Microlarinus
  Microlixus
  Mycotrichus
  Rhinocyllini
  Bangasternus
  Rhinocyllus
caption: Temnorhinus mendicus
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