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Carabidae Ground beetles are a large, cosmopolitan family of beetles, the Carabidae, with more than 40,000 species worldwide, around 2,000 of which are found in North America and 2,700 in Europe. As of 2015, it is one of the 10 most species-rich animal ...
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Migadopini Migadopini is a tribe of ground beetles in the family Carabidae Ground beetles are a large, cosmopolitan family of beetles, the Carabidae, with more than 40,000 species worldwide, around 2,000 of which are found in North America and 2,700 i ...
*** ''Lissopterus hyadesii falklandicus'' *** ''Lissopterus quadrinotatus'' *** ''Migadops latus lebruni'' *** ''Pseudomigadops falklandicus'' *** ''Pseudomigadops fuscus fuscus'' *** ''Pseudomigadops fuscus sericeus'' *** ''Pseudomigadops handkei handkei'' *** ''Pseudomigadops handkei punctatus'' ** etc. *
Curculionidae The Curculionidae are a family of weevils, commonly called snout beetles or true weevils. They are one of the largest animal families with 6,800 genera and 83,000 species described worldwide. They are the sister group to the family Brentidae. Th ...
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Cyclominae Cyclominae is a subfamily of weevil Weevils are beetles belonging to the superfamily Curculionoidea, known for their elongated snouts. They are usually small – less than in length – and herbivorous. Approximately 97,000 species of weevi ...
*** ''Antarctobius abditus'' *** ''Antarctobius bidentatus'' *** ''Antarctobius falklandicus'' *** ''Antarctobius malvinensis'' *** ''Antarctobius vulsus'' *** ''Falklandiellus suffodens'' *** ''Falklandius antarcticus'' *** ''Falklandius goliath'' *** ''Falklandius kuscheli'' *** ''Falklandius turbificatus'' *** ''Germainiellus salebrosus'' *** ''Haversiella albolimbata'' *** ''Lanteriella microphtalma'' ndemic genus/species*** ''Puranius championi'' *** ''Puranius exculpticollis'' *** ''Puranius scaber'' **
Entiminae The Entiminae are a large subfamily in the weevil family Curculionidae, containing most of the short-nosed weevils, including such genera as ''Entimus'', ''Otiorhynchus'', ''Phyllobius'', ''Sitona'', and ''Pachyrhynchus, Pachyrrhynchus''. In co ...
*** ''Caneorhinus biangulatus'' *** ''Cylydrorhinus caudiculatus'' *** ''Cylydrorhinus lemniscatus'' *** ''Malvinius compressiventris'' ndemic genus/species*** ''Malvinius nordenskioeldi'' ndemic genus/species*** ''Morronia brevirostris'' ndemic genus/species* etc.


References

* 1999: Further notes on Migadopinae from the Falkland Islands (Insecta, Coleoptera, Carabidae). ''Spixiana'', 22: 47-52. * {{aut, Posadas, P. 2008: A preliminary overview of species composition and geographical distribution of Malvinian weevils (Insecta: Coleoptera: Curculionidae)
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