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The evolutionary history of the ancient weevil family Belidae (Coleoptera: Curculionoidea) reveals the marks of Gondwana breakup and major floristic turnovers, including the rise of angiosperms. [PDF]

Elife
The rise of angiosperms to ecological dominance and the breakup of Gondwana during the Mesozoic marked major transitions in the evolutionary history of insect-plant interactions.
Li X, Marvaldi AE, Oberprieler RG, Clarke D, Farrell BD, Sequeira A, Ferrer MS, O'Brien C, Salzman S, Shin S, Tang W, McKenna DD.   +11 more
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The cryptonephridial/rectal complex: an evolutionary adaptation for water and ion conservation. [PDF]

Biol Rev Camb Philos Soc
ABSTRACT Arthropods have integrated digestive and renal systems, which function to acquire and maintain homeostatically the substances they require for survival. The cryptonephridial complex (CNC) is an evolutionary novelty in which the renal organs and gut have been dramatically reorganised. Parts of the renal or Malpighian tubules (MpTs) form a close
Beaven R, Denholm B.
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Discovery of two new weevil species of Pholicodes Schoenherr, 1826 (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Entiminae) from eastern Turkey [PDF]

PeerJ
Weevils are beetles belonging to the superfamily Curculionoidea, known for their elongated snouts commonly named as rostrum. This superfamily is the most species-rich group in Insecta as well as Animalia kingdom, all they are considered phytophagous. The
Levent Gültekin, Neslihan Gültekin
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New Curculionoidea (Coleoptera) records for Canadа

ZooKeys, 2013
The following species of Curculionoidea are recorded from Canada for the first time, in ten cases also representing new records at the generic level: Ischnopterapion (Ischnopterapion) loti (Kirby, 1808); Stenopterapion meliloti (Kirby, 1808) (both ...
Hume Douglas, Patrice Bouchard, Robert Anderson, Pierre De Tonnancour, Robert Vigneault, Reginald Webster   +5 more
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A Review of the Curculionoidea (Coleoptera) from European Eocene Ambers [PDF]

Geosciences, 2019
All 142 known species of Curculionoidea in Eocene amber are documented, including one species of Nemonychidae, 16 species of Anthribidae, six species of Belidae, 10 species of Rhynchitidae, 13 species of Brentidae, 70 species of Curcuionidae, two species
Andrei A. Legalov
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Comparative analysis of fauna of the superfamily Curculionoidea (Coleoptera) in Protected Areas of the Orenburg Region, Russia

Nature Conservation Research: Заповедная наука
A detailed study of the species composition and structure of the fauna of taxonomically rich insect groups in Protected Areas is an important task, the results of which lay the foundation for long-term monitoring of natural ecosystems.
Sergei V. Dedyukhin
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Первые находки трех видов долгоносикообразных жуков (Coleoptera, Curculionoidea) в Сибири

Амурский зоологический журнал
Впервые приводятся сведения о находках на территории Сибири трех видов жуков надсемейства Curculionoidea — Aspidapion aeneum (Fabricius, 1775), Mecaspis alternans (Hellwig, 1795) и Polydrusus confluens Stephens, 1831, — обнаруженных в 2024 г.
Сергей Викторович Дедюхин
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Feeding Ecology of the Critically Endangered <i>Gobio insuyanus</i> (Gobionidae). [PDF]

Ecol Evol
This study investigates the diet of the critically endangered Gobio insuyanus in the Insuyu spring–stream system, revealing omnivorous feeding habits with a preference for detritus, Gammarids, and Diptera larvae. Ontogenetic dietary shifts were observed, with mature individuals specializing in larger prey, while habitat and seasonal variations ...
Johnson JE, Yoğurtçuoğlu B, Kırankaya ŞG, Ekmekçi FG.   +3 more
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Fauna of Curculionoidea (Coleoptera) of the Republic of Mordovia

Acta Biologica Sibirica
The known fauna of the Republic of Mordovia comprises 506 species of Curculionoidea from six families: Anthribidae (8), Attelabidae (15), Brentidae (81), Cimberididae (1), Curculionidae (400), and Nemonychidae (1). The checklist includes 36 species newly
Leonid V. Egorov, Sergei V. Dedyukhin, Alexander B. Ruchin, Mikhail N. Esin, Sergei V. Lukiyanov, Evgeniy A. Lobachev, Gennadiy B. Semishin, Irina G. Esina   +7 more
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A contribution to the fauna of weevil beetles (Coleoptera: Curculionoidea) of the Central Donbass [PDF]

Кавказский энтомологический бюллетень, 2021
Results of the study of the fauna of Curculionoidea (Coleoptera) in the Central Donbass (Donetsk and Lugansk regions) based on beetles collected by the authors and their colleagues over a thirty-year period at 87 localities are presented.
Yu.G. Arzanov, V.V. Martynov, T.V. Nikulina   +2 more
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