Sitonini

Sitonini
Temporal range: Lutetian–recent
Sitona lineatus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Superfamily: Curculionoidea
Family: Curculionidae
Subfamily: Entiminae
Tribe: Sitonini
Gistel, 1848
Genera

7 extant and 1 fossil genera

Sitonini is a tribe of weevils in the Entiminae subfamily. They feed on Fabaceae. The tribe has holarctic native distribution. It includes important pests in the genus Sitona.

Genera

There are seven extant genera:

There is also one fossil genus, †Sitonitellus.

References

  1. 1 2 "Tribe Sitonini Gistel 1848". Paleobiology Database. Retrieved 2 March 2026.
  2. 1 2 "Sitonini Gistel, 1848". BioLib.cz. Retrieved 2 March 2026.
  3. ↑ Velázquez de Castro, Antonio J.; Alonso‐Zarazaga, Miguel Ángel & Outerelo, Raimundo (2007). "Systematics of Sitonini (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Entiminae), with a hypothesis on the evolution of feeding habits" (PDF). Systematic Entomology. 32 (2): 312–331. doi:10.1111/j.1365-3113.2006.00368.x.