Аннотация:The sensory organs of antennae and mouthparts were compared in larvae of 45 species of 36 genera of the families Anthribidae, Attelabidae, Curculionidae, Barididae, Dryophthoridae, Apionidae, Scolytidae, and Platypodidae. The distribution, number, types, and fine structure of some sensilla were studied. Within the superfamily Curculionoidea, larvae revealed 18 basic types and forms of sensilla, including several previously unknownones. A comparative analysis showed that some attributes of the sensory apparatus can be used for classification of the superfamily. The distinctions between types of sensillum sets agree with the modern classification. Based on the type of styloconic sensilla, two large evolutionary branches can be distinguished in the superfamily, one uniting the larvae with acutostyloconic sensilla (Curculionidae, Barididae, Attelabidae); and the other, the forms having spherostyloconic sensilla (Anthribidae, Scolytidae, Platypodidae). The soil-dwelling and xylobiont larvae have a more powerful sensory apparatus, characterized by greater size and number of sensilla as compared with other ecological groupings.