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Could bacterial associations determine the success of weevil species?

open access: yesAnnals of Applied Biology, Volume 178, Issue 1, Page 51-61, January 2021., 2021
Abstract The weevil superfamily Curculionoidea is the largest insect group and so the largest animal group on earth. This taxon includes species which represent an important threat to many economically important crops and, therefore, pose a risk to agriculture and food security.
Pilar Morera‐Margarit   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Early recognition by Ball and Hooker in 1878 of plant back-colonization (boomerang) events from Macaronesia to Africa [PDF]

open access: yes, 2020
Recent work in island biogeography has shown that back-colonization (‘boomerang’ events) from islands to continents have occurred more frequently than previously understoodWe report possibly the earliest inference of this pattern, by John Ball and Joseph
Fernández-Palacios, José María   +1 more
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A Combined Molecular and Morphological Approach to Explore the Higher Phylogeny of Entimine Weevils (Coleoptera: Curculionidae), with Special Reference to South American Taxa

open access: yesDiversity, 2018
The Entiminae are broad-nosed weevils constituting the most diverse subfamily of Curculionidae, with over 50 tribes. We performed Bayesian and Maximum Parsimony combined phylogenetic analyses with the main objective of testing higher-level relationships ...
Adriana E. Marvaldi   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Status of knowledge of the broad-nosed weevils of Colombia (Coleoptera, Curculionidae, Entiminae) [PDF]

open access: yesNeotropical Biology and Conservation, 2020
Broad-nosed weevils in the subfamily Entiminae (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) are highly diverse, not only in terms of number of species, but also in their sizes, forms and colours.
Jennifer C. Girón
doaj   +3 more sources

A summary of the endemic beetle genera of the West Indies (Insecta: Coleoptera); bioindicators of the evolutionary richness of this Neotropical archipelago [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
The Caribbean Islands (or the West Indies) are recognized as one of the leading global biodiversity hot spots. This is based on data on species, genus, and family diversity for vascular plants and non-marine vertebrates.
Peck, Stewart B.   +1 more
core   +3 more sources

Los Laparocerus Schoenherr, 1834 de las Canarias orientales, islas Salvajes y Marruecos (Coleoptera, Curculionidae, Entiminae)

open access: yesGraellsia, 2011
Esta contribución al conocimiento del género Laparocerus Schoenherr, 1834 está dedicada a las Canarias orientales, islas Salvajes y Marruecos. Se redescribe Laparocerus rasus Wollaston, 1864 y se le asignan dos nuevas subespecies localizadas en ...
A. Machado
doaj   +1 more source

Oxymorus (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Entiminae: Oosomini), a new genus with nine new species from South Africa

open access: yesEuropean Journal of Entomology, 2020
A new genus Oxymorus Borovec & Meregalli gen. n., belonging to the tribe Oosomini Lacordaire, 1863 of the curculionid subfamily Entiminae, is described. It includes nine new species, all from South Africa: Oxymorus uitkyk sp.
Roman BOROVEC, Massimo MEREGALLI
doaj   +1 more source

Taxonomic revision of the genus Atmetonychus (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Entiminae) from the Indian subcontinent

open access: yesJournal of Threatened Taxa, 2017
Genus Atmetonychus Schoenherr (1840) known from India and Bangladesh is revised.  The generic and species description has been updated through addition of measurements, description of elytral vestiture and genitalic characters.
G. Mahendiran, V. V. Ramamurthy
doaj   +1 more source

Nuevos taxa de Laparocerus Schönherr, 1834 de Madeira y Porto Santo, con clave de identificación de las especies del archipiélago de Madeira (Coleoptera, Curculionidae, Entiminae)

open access: yesGraellsia, 2008
Como parte de un estudio monográfico sobre los coleópteros del género Laparocerus Schönherr, 1834, el cual es extraordinariamente diverso en Macaronesia, este trabajo propone algunos cambios en su sistemática y describe algunos nuevos taxa del ...
A. Machado
doaj   +1 more source

Entiminae Schoenherr 1823 [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
Fil: Marvaldi, Adriana E.. Instituto Argentino de Investigaciones de las Zonas Áridas. Mendoza; ArgentinaFil: Lanteri, Analía Alicia. Universidad Nacional de La Plata. Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Museo.
del Río, María Guadalupe   +3 more
core   +1 more source

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