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Scolytidae are cylindrical and have have elbowed clubbed antennae that are
relatively small. The head is commonly concealed, or partially concealed
by the pronotum from above. This family is similar to the Curculionidae (from
which the Scolytidae evolved) but may be distinguished from that family by
their short (as opposed to long) snout and their more elongate, cylindrical
form. In some genera there may be backwardly directed spines on the ends
of the elytra.