Belidae
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Belidae is the family called primitive weevils, though all the families of Curculionoidea aside from Curculionidae can be considered primitive weevils (to distinguish them from the "true weevils"); basically, any weevil whose antennae are not elbowed is "primitive". The three subfamilies have each, at various times, been considered as separate families, but they are grouped together in most recent classifications. Members of the subfamily Belinae are typically elongated and cylindrical. Some belines therefore resemble true weevils of the family Curculionidae (e.g., the genus Lixus), others resemble brentids, and others are mimetic and resembling beetles of families such as Lycidae or Pyrochroidae.
