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Sexual Selection in a Brentid Weevil [PDF]
Evolution, 1982 In most insects, differences between the sexes involve not only primary characters necessary for gamete production, copulation, and oviposition, but also sexual structures and behaviors involved in the acquisition of mates. The most striking of these secondary characters, such as exaggerated size, weaponry, or coloration, tend to occur in males, and ...
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Feasibility study on estimation of rice weevil quantity in rice stock using near-infrared spectroscopy technique [PDF]
Journal of Innovative Optical Health Sciences, 2014 Thai rice is favored by large numbers of consumers of all continents because of its excellent taste, fragrant aroma and fine texture. Among all Thai rice varieties, Thai Hommali rice is the most preferred.
Puttinun Jarruwat, Prasan Choomjaihan
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Sweetpotato Weevil, Cylas formicarius (Fabricius) (Insecta: Coleoptera: Brentidae)
EDIS, 2014 This document provides an in-depth profile of the sweetpotato weevil, Cylas formicarius, highlighting its significance as a major pest of sweet potatoes globally.
J.L. Capinera
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Revista Peruana de Biología, 2019 The weevil tribe Dryophthorini is reported in Peru for the first time. Two species from Satipo, Junin, Stenommatus chabooae Legalov n. sp. and Stenommatus sokolovi Legalov n. sp., are herein described. Stenommatus chabooae Legalov n. sp. is characterized
Andrei A. Legalov
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New data on weevils of the subgenus Pliadonus Reitter, 1912 (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Otiorhynchus) with the descriptions of three new species from the Caucasus and Turkey [PDF]
Кавказский энтомологический бюллетеньTree new species of the genus Otiorhynchus Germar, 1822 from the subgenus Pliadonus Reitter, 1912 are described from the Caucasus and Turkey: O. karasevi sp. n. from Abkhazia, O. fominykhi sp. n. from Georgia (Mingrelia) and O. neslihanae sp. n.
G.E. Davidian
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Sitona medvedevi sp. n., a new species of the weevil genus Sitona Germar, 1817 (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Entiminae) from Kopet Dagh and Talysh [PDF]
Кавказский энтомологический бюллетень, 2009 A new species of the weevil genus Sitona Germar, 1817 is described from Kopet Dagh (Syunt Mountain) and Talysh (Lerik District in Azerbaijan, Transcaucasia). Sitona medvedevi sp. n. is similar to S.
B.A. Korotyaev
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Systematics and Biogeography of the New World Genus Plumolepilius (Coleoptera: Curculionidae)
Diversity, 2021 Plumolepilius Barrios-Izás & Anderson, 2016 is a leaf litter weevil genus that inhabits montane broadleaf forests from southern Mexico to northern Panama.
Manuel A. Barrios-Izás, Juan J. Morrone
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Mitochondrial DNA. Part B. Resources, 2017 In this study, we sequenced and annotated the nearly complete mitochondrial genome (mitogenome) of Sitona callosus (Coleoptera: Curculionidae). This mitogenome was 14,333 bp long and encoded 13 protein-coding genes, 19 transfer RNA genes (tRNAs), and two
Li Zhang +5 more
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European Journal of Entomology, 2009 Phylogeography, genetic diversity, and demography of central European populations of two flightless xerothermic weevils, Polydrusus inustus and Centricnemus leucogrammus, were studied based on the polymorphism of three mtDNA genes (COII, CytB, and ND1 ...
Lukasz KAJTOCH +2 more
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Insects, 2021 Oak seed predatory weevils occurring in Poland are prone to increased interspecific competition due to the limited number of Quercus species, compared to southern Europe, in which they can develop.
Michał Reut +2 more
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