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Subfamily Apioninae - Pear-shaped Weevils


Synopsis of the Apioninae of North America.
By Smith, J.B.
Transactions of the American Entomological Society. 11(1): 41-68., 1884
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Smith, J.B. (1884) Synopsis of the Apioninae of North America. Transactions of the American Entomological Society. 11(1): 41-68.

The weevil genus Apion in Kansas.
By Salsbury, G.A.
Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science 87 (1/2): 41-52., 1984
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Salsbury, G.A. 1984. The weevil genus Apion in Kansas. Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science 87 (1/2): 41-52.

Abstract
Thirty-four species of Apion known to occur in Kansas are listed. A key and notes on general species abundance, distribution, host plants and recognition characters are provided.

Curculionidae subfamily Apioninae of North and Central America, with reviews of the world genera of Apioninae...
By Kissinger D.G.
Taxonomic Publications. South Lancaster, MA. vii+559 pp., 1968
Full title: Curculionidae subfamily Apioninae of North and Central America, with reviews of the world genera of Apioninae and world subgenera of Apion Herbst (Coleoptera)

Ischnopterapion virens (Herbst) (...), a Palearctic clover weevil new to North America...
By Hoebeke E.R., Byers R.A., Alonso-Zarazaga M.A., Stimmel J.F.
Proc. Entomol. Soc. Wash. 102: 151-161, 2000
Full title: Ischnopterapion virens (Herbst) (Coleoptera: Curculionoidea: Brentidae: Apioninae), a Palearctic clover weevil new to NorthAmerica: recognition features, distribution, and bionomics
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A revision of the Apion subgenus Trichapion Wagner in the New World (Coleoptera: Curculionidae)
By Kissinger D.G.
Proc. USNM 110: 247‒389, 1959

Apion carrorum Anderson and Alonso-Zarazaga, new species, the first representative of the genus Apion Herbst...
By Anderson R.S., Alonso-Zarazaga M.A.
Col. Bull. 73: 889‒892, 2019
Full text: Apion carrorum Anderson and Alonso-Zarazaga, new species, the first representative of the genus Apion Herbst (Coleoptera: Brentidae: Apioninae) in North America
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The weevil Apion (Perapion) curtirostre Germar in North America ... with a review of the North American species
By Donald R. Whitehead
The Coleopterists Bulletin, Vol. 34, No. 4, pp. 397-400, 1980
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Donald R. Whitehead, The weevil Apion (Perapion) curtirostre Germar in North America, and the systematic position of Perapion Wagner with a review of the North American species (Coleoptera: Curculionoidea: Apionidae), The Coleopterists Bulletin 34(4): 397-400, 1980.

Introduced Apionidae and Brentidae (Coleoptera: Curculionoidea) in the Maritime Provinces of Canada
By Majka C.G., Anderson R.S., Georgeson E.
Proc. Entomol. Soc. Wash. 109: 66–74, 2007