Brentidae

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Straight-snouted Weevils
A brentid weevil (Orychodes indus Karsch,1875) from the Western Ghats
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Arthropoda Class: Insecta Order: Coleoptera Suborder: Polyphaga Infraorder: Cucujiformia Superfamily: Curculionoidea Family: Brentidae Billberg, 1820
subfamilies
Antliarhininae Apioninae Brentinae Cyladinae Cyphagoginae Eurhynchinae Nanophyinae Trachelizinae

Brentidae is a cosmopolitan family of primarily xylophagous beetles also known as straight-snouted weevils. The concept of this family has been recently expanded with the inclusion of three groups formerly placed in the Curculionidae; the subfamilies Apioninae, Cyladinae, and Nanophyinae. They are most diverse in the tropics, but occur throughout the temperate regions of the world. They are among the families of weevils that have non-elbowed antennae, and tend to be elongate and flattened, though there are numerous exceptions.