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A review of the species of Geraeus Pascoe and Linogeraeus Casey found in the Continental United States
By Prena J.
Col. Bull. 63: 123-172, 2009
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Full title: A review of the species of Geraeus Pascoe and Linogeraeus Casey found in the Continental United States (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Baridinae)

New species of Macrobaris Champion grass weevils from the New World tropics and subtropics (Coleoptera, Curculionidae,Baridinae)
By Prena J.
Dtsch. Entomol. Z. 60: 79─93, 2013

Orchid weevils (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) in Canada.
By Prena, J.
Canadian Entomologist 149: 38–47., 2017
Prena, J. 2017. Orchid weevils (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) in Canada. Canadian Entomologist 149: 38–47.

Abstract: The study presents information about the taxonomy, natural history, and distribution of orchid weevils (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) in Canada. Native are Stethobaris ovata (LeConte, 1869) (= S. congermana Casey, 1892 restored synonymy; = S. convergens Casey, 1920 new synonymy), S. incompta Casey, 1892 (= S. commixta Blatchley, 1916 new synonymy), and S. sacajaweae Prena, new species, with all of them also being present in the adjacent temperate zone of the United States of America.

Five new species of the Stethobaris LeConte complex (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Baridinae) associated with Amaryllidaceae
By Prena J., O'Brien C.W.
Proc. Ent. Soc. Wash. 113: 163-184, 2011

The Confused, the Californian, and the Confused Californian Weevil (Coleoptera: Curculionidae)
By Prena, J.
The Coleopterists Bulletin, 2022
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Prena, J. (2022). The Confused, the Californian, and the Confused Californian Weevil (Coleoptera: Curculionidae). The Coleopterists Bulletin, 76(4), 608-611.

A synopsis of the genus Barinus Casey in North America (Coleoptera Curculionidae)
By E.L. Sleeper
Ohio Journal of Science, 56: 76-86, 1956
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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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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.