Lixinae

Bearing in mind modern geographical distribution of Lixinae and its feeding links, it is considered to be that this subfamily appeared in Euroasian lands, when the area of Tethys Ocean demenished. Probably, lixine weevils formed as group in the arid conditions of the deserts of Ancient Mediterranean. From here pra-lixine spread out the over dryland. == Taxonomy ==

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 == References ==