GABA and Octopamine Receptors as Potential Targets for Fumigant Actions of Bursera graveolens Essential Oil Against Callosobruchus maculatus and Callosobruchus chinensis [PDF]
Journal of XenobioticsCowpea, Vigna sp., is an important, low-cost protein source in subtropical and semi-arid regions, where seasonal rainfall makes storage necessary. However, the weevils Callosobruchus maculatus and C.
Luis O. Viteri +11 more
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An update on the presence of Leucomigus candidatus candidatus (Coleoptera, Curculionidae, Lixinae) in Romania [PDF]
Travaux du Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle “Grigore Antipa”, 2023 This survey presents the first precise records of Leucomigus candidatus candidatus (Pallas, 1781) in Romania, confirming thus the presence of this species almost a century after its first and single record.
Tudor-Sebastian Olariu +3 more
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Interesting records of weevils (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Curculioninae) in the steppe zone of the European part of Russia and the Urals [PDF]
Кавказский энтомологический бюллетень, 2023 Information is given on the records of fve poorly known species of weevils (Curculionidae) in the steppe zone of European Russia and the Urals, which signifcantly supplement the data on their ranges. Tree of these species, Mecinus janthiniformis Toševski
S.V. Dedyukhin
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The functional significance of aposematic signals: geographic variation in the responses of widespread lizard predators to colourful invertebrate prey. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2014 Conspicuous colouration can evolve as a primary defence mechanism that advertises unprofitability and discourages predatory attacks. Geographic overlap is a primary determinant of whether individual predators encounter, and thus learn to avoid, such ...
Hui-Yun Tseng +4 more
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Insects, 2021 The larva and pupa of the saproxylic Euryommatus mariae Roger, 1857, the weevil species extremely rare in Europe, are described from Poland. It was reared from galleries in dead branches of a fallen spruce Picea abies.
Rafał Gosik, Marek Wanat, Marek Bidas
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Insects, 2023 In sub-Saharan Africa, sweetpotato weevils are the major pests of cultivated sweetpotato, causing estimated losses of between 60% and 100%, primarily during dry spells. The predominantly cryptic feeding behavior of Cylas spp.
Benard Yada +8 more
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Agronomy, 2020 Wheat is one of the major crops throughout the Balkan peninsula of Europe. Specific harvest and binning dates can vary depending on the specific geographic region.
William R. Morrison +5 more
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New data on the taxonomy, biology and distribution of weevils of the subgenera Sulcorhynchus Magnano, 1998 and Zelotomelus Reitter, 1912 (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Otiorhynchus) from the Caucasus [PDF]
Кавказский энтомологический бюллетень, 2022 New data on the morphology, biology and distribution of Otiorhynchus circassicus Reitter, 1888, O. planipennis Magnano, 1999, O. pseudocircassicus Magnano, 1999, O.
G.E. Davidian, Yu.G. Arzanov
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Nature Conservation Research: Заповедная наука, 2020 Using results of long-term studies of the two largest groups of phytophagous beetles in the East of the Russian Plain and the Urals, we carried out a critical overview of species included in Red Data Books of eight regions of the Russian Federation.
Sergei V. Dedyukhin
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Weevils, weevils, weevils everywhere*
Zootaxa, 2007 An overview is presented of the progress made on the taxonomy, classification and phylogeny of weevils in the 250 years since the first taxonomic descriptions of weevils by Carolus Linnaeus. The number of described weevils species is calculated to be about 62 000 and the likely total number of existing species 220 000, indicating that we have described
Oberprieler, Rolf +2 more
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