The classification of weevils (Coleoptera: Curculionoidea) has been in flux for decades. The problem is partly due to the difficulties in recognizing monophyletic units among the higher taxa, and partly because of their poor characterization. With the gradual clarification of relationships between families and subfamilies a difference in viewpoints has emerged between those that favour fewer larger taxa and those who recognize a more atomized classification. The two most recent views are given as separate trees on the left-hand bar of this website. The classification at the top is amended from that of Alonso-Zarazaga & Lyal, 1999, which broadly follows that of Thompson, 1992. It includes all genera, since they placed them in their catalogue, and it used as the default classification on this site because of the detail possible. The alternative is that presented by Oberprieler, Marvaldi & Anderson, 2007, building both on their earlier work and that of Kuschel, 1995. Oberprieler et al’s classification is not complete, but comments can be made on pages linked to any of the taxa shown.