Cut to Disarm Plant Defence: A Unique Oviposition Behaviour in Rhynchites foveipennis (Coleoptera: Attelabidae) [PDF]
Insects, 2023 Female weevils of the family Attelabidae (Coleoptera: Curculionoidea) possess a unique behaviour of partially cutting the branches connecting egg-bearing organs of their host plants during oviposition.
Zhi-Ying Zhang +7 more
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The mitochondrial genome of Apion squamigerum (Coleoptera, Curculionoidea, Brentidae) and the phylogenetic implications [PDF]
PeerJ, 2020 In this article, we present the nearly complete mitochondrial genome (mitogenome) of the weevil beetle Apion squamigerum (Curculionoidea, Brentidae), assembled using data from Illumina next generation sequencing (NGS).
Nan Song +5 more
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Chromosome-Level Genome Assembly of Apoderus dimidiatus Voss (Coleoptera: Attelabidae): Insights into Evolution and Behavior [PDF]
InsectsAttelabidae insects have attracted much attention due to their unique leaf rolling behavior before oviposition. However, the lack of genomic data makes it difficult to understand the molecular mechanism behind their behavior and their evolutionary ...
Meng Xie +7 more
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Evemphyron sinense, a new genus and species infesting legume seedpods in China (Coleoptera, Attelabidae, Rhynchitinae). [PDF]
Zookeys, 2016 A new genus Evemphyron Alonso-Zarazaga, Lv & Wang, gen. n., belonging to Attelabidae Rhynchitinae, is described. Its single species, Evemphyron sinense Alonso-Zarazaga, Lv & Wang, sp.
Lv X +4 more
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A new species of Poropoea Foerster from Africa (Hymenoptera, Chalcidoidea, Trichogrammatidae) [PDF]
ZooKeys, 2017 A new species of Poropoea Foerster (Hymenoptera, Chalcidoidea, Trichogrammatidae) was obtained from eggs of attelabid beetles (Coleoptera: Attelabidae) associated with Combretum sp. (Myrtales, Combretaceae).
Stefania Laudonia +2 more
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Escarabajos (coleópteros) de Perú: un reconocimiento de las familias. Attelabidae Billberg, 1820 [PDF]
Revista Peruana de Biología, 2019 Se describe una nueva especie, Omolabus (Sternolaboides) sokolovi Legalov n. sp. de Satipo, centro de Perú. Se registran nuevos datos para Hybolabus ater (Olivier, 1789), Omolabus (Perulabus) peruanus Legalov, 2004, O.
Andrei A. Legalov
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On the nomenclatural status of type genera in Coleoptera (Insecta) [PDF]
ZooKeysMore than 4700 nominal family-group names (including names for fossils and ichnotaxa) are nomenclaturally available in the order Coleoptera. Since each family-group name is based on the concept of its type genus, we argue that the stability of names used
Patrice Bouchard +3 more
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Description of larva and pupa of the weevil Hybolabus amazonicus Voss (Attelabidae: Attelabinae), a leaf roller on Brazil nut (Bertholletia excelsa) [PDF]
Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia, 2020 The last instar larva and the pupa of Hybolabus amazonicusVoss, 1925 are described and illustrated, based upon adults and immatures collected in the Amazonian Region (Acre and Amazonas, Brazil).
Sergio Antonio Vanin +1 more
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Apoderus coryli (L.) – a Biologically Little Known Species of the Attelabidae (Coleoptera) [PDF]
Acta Universitatis Agriculturae et Silviculturae Mendelianae Brunensis, 2014 Hazel-leaf roller weevil (Apoderus coryli /L./) is a noteworthy species from the perspective of biology and forestry; it belongs to the family Attelabidae.
Jaroslav Urban
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Attelabus Nitens (Scop.) – an Abundant but Biologically Little Known Species from the Family of Attelabidae (Coleoptera) [PDF]
Acta Universitatis Agriculturae et Silviculturae Mendelianae Brunensis, 2016 The study deals with the biology of Attelabus nitens (Scop.) in the Brno region. In the growing season of 2014, 35 field inspections were made at 10 sites in the intervals of three‑to‑seven days. Leaf rolls were found on Quercus petraea, Q.
Zdeňka Urbanová, Jaroslav Urban
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