Systematic Position of the Tribe Phylloplaypodini,with Remarks on the Definitions of the Families Scolytidae,Platypodidae,Dryophthridae and Curculionidae (Coleoptera: Curculionoidea)

Abstract

Phylloplatypodini was established in Platypodidae at first by Kato (1998) and synonymized with Procecini of Cossoninae by Alonso-Zarazaga & Lyal (1999). Upon our detailed examination od adults and laevae, the systematic position od Phylloplatyoidini is concluded to have a sister relationship with Cossoninae on the adult characters, and provisinally raised its rank to a subfamily, Phylloplatypodinae in Curculinidae in our present knowledge. Family relationships of Scolytidae, Platypodidae, Dryophthoridae and Curculionidae are compared and a key to these families was provided.