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Tribe Tychiini - Leguminous Seed Weevils


Classification of the weevil tribe Lignyodini (Coleoptera, Curculionidae, Tychiinae), with revision of the genus Plocetes.
By Clark, W.E.
Transactions of the American Entomological Society 108(1/2): 11-151., 1982
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Clark, W.E. 1982. Classification of the weevil tribe Lignyodini (Coleoptera, Curculionidae, Tychiinae), with revision of the genus Plocetes. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 108(1/2): 11-151.

Abstract

The 89 recognized species of Lignyodini are assigned to two genera, Lignyodes Dejean, with subgenera Lignyodes (13 species, Nearctic and Palearctic), Chionanthobius Pierce (3 species, Nearctic and Neotropical), and Neotylopterus (7 Nearctic species, 1 Neotropical species not seen), and Plocetes (65 species, 1 Nearctic, all others Neotropical).

Classification of the weevil subfamily Tychiinae, with a new genus and species, new combinations, and new synonymy in Lignyodini
By Clark W.E., Warner R.E., Whitehead D.R.
The Coleopterists Bulletin 31: 1-18, 1977

Bionomics of Sibinia sulcatula (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) on mesquite in Texas
By Rogers, C.W., W.E. Clark, and H.R. Burke.
Southwestern Naturalist 20(3): 303—314., 1975
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Rogers, C.W., W.E. Clark, and H.R. Burke. 1975. Bionomics of Sibinia sulcatula (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) on mesquite in Texas. Southwestern Naturalist 20: 303—314.

Abstract:

The life history, taxonomy and distribution of Sibinia sulcatula Casey are discussed. Oviposition is in flower buds of Prosopis glandulosa var. glandulosa Torr. Larval stages are completed within the bud and the mature larva leaves the bud to pupate. Larval and pupal stages are described and illustrated for the first time.

Revision of the weevil genus Neotylopterus Hustache (Coleoptera: Curculionidae)
By Clark W.E.
Ann. Ent. Soc. Amer. 73: 216-230, 1980

North American Tychius: New synonymy and observations on phylogeny and zoogeography (Coleoptera: Curculionidae)
By Clark, W.E.
Entomologica Scandinavica, 8: 287- 300., 1977
Also cited as:
Clark, W. E. (1977). North American Tychius: New synonymy and observations on phylogeny and zoogeography (Coleoptera: Curculionidae), Insect Systematics & Evolution, 8(4), 287-300. doi: https://doi.org/10.1163/187631277X00396

A taxonomic revision of the weevil genus Tychius Germar in America North of Mexico
By Clark, W.E.
Brigham Young University Science Bulletin Biological Series Volume XIII, #3., 1971
Available online @ BYU or BHL.

Tychius meliloti Stephens new to Canada with a brief review of the species of Tychius Germar introduced into North America...
By R.S. Anderson and A.T. Howden
The Canadian Entomologist 126(6): 1363-1368, 1994
Abstract

all four spp. listed are in the guide, but the ranges might have changed significantly since 1994

The weevil genus Sibinia: natural history, taxonomy, phylogeny, and zoogeography.
By Wayne E. Clark.
Quaestiones Entomolgicae 14(2): 91-387., 1978
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Clark, W.E. 1978. The weevil genus Sibinia: natural history, taxonomy, phylogeny, and zoogeography, with revision of the New World species. Quaestiones Entomolgicae 14(2): 91-387.