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Tribe Otidocephalini - Antlike Weevils

A new Oopterinus from Arkansas (Coleoptera: Curculionidae)

By C. W. O'Brien
Entomological News, 1985

O'Brien synonymized Oopterinus perforatus iowaensis with O. perforatus and described O. distinctus.

Available from BHL here

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Contributed by Michael Skvarla on 24 April, 2015 - 2:11pm

First record of Orchestes fagi (L.) in North America, with a checklist of the North Amercian Rhamphini

By Sweeney, J., R.S. Anderson, and R.P. Webster
The Coleopterists Bulletin, 66: 297-304, 2012

Full title: "First record of Orchestes fagi (L.) (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Curculioninae) in North America, with a checklist of the North Amercian Rhamphini"

Includes updated key to the genus.

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Contributed by Brad Barnd on 10 November, 2014 - 5:59pm

Revision of the subfamily Rhynchaeninae in North America (Coleoptera: Curculionidae)

By Anderson, R.S.
Transactions of the American Entomological Society, 115: 207-312, 1989

Much useful information on our species, but see (1) for information on additional introduced species.

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Contributed by Brad Barnd on 10 November, 2014 - 5:56pm

Notes on some Texas Curculionidae with a description of a new species.

By Burke H.R.
The Coleopterists' Bulletin 13(2): 36-41., 1959

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Burke H.R. (1959). Notes on some Texas Curculionidae with a description of a new species. The Coleopterists' Bulletin 13(2): 36-41.

The 1 new species herein described was collected during a current survey of the weevil fauna of Texas. Notes of interest on other species encountered in the State are also included.

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Contributed by Mike Quinn on 26 November, 2025 - 11:07am

Contributions to a knowledge of the Curculionidae of the United States.

By Horn, G.H.
Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society, 13: 407-469., 1873

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Horn, G.H. (1873). Contributions to a knowledge of the Curculionidae of the United States. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society, 13: 407-469.

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Contributed by Mike Quinn on 27 September, 2025 - 5:44pm

First record of the Palearctic root weevil Otiorhynchus porcatus (Herbst) (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Entiminae) in the US...

By Hoebeke E.R., Griffin S.R.
Col. Bull. 69: 679-687, 2015

Full title: First record of the Palearctic root weevil Otiorhynchus porcatus (Herbst) (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Entiminae) in the United States and additional records of other adventive weevils occurring on the Isles of Shoals (Maine and New Hampshire)
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Contributed by v belov on 7 February, 2019 - 10:57am

New Rhynchophora III.

By Schaeffer, C.
Journal of the New York Entomological Society, 16: 213-222., 1908

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Schaeffer, C. 1908. New Rhynchophora III. Journal of the New York Entomological Society, 16: 213-222.

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Contributed by Mike Quinn on 9 February, 2017 - 10:10am

A Catalog of the Scolytidae and Playpodidae, Part 1 Bibliography

By Stephen L. Wood
Great Basin Naturalist Memoirs, No. 11, 1987

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Part 2 is Taxonomic Index(1).

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Contributed by Edward L. Ruden on 15 January, 2017 - 12:18pm

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