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Species Lignyodes bischoffi


Revision of the weevil genus Lignyodes Dejean (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) in America north of Mexico
By Clark W.E.
Trans. Am. Ent. Soc. 106: 273-326, 1980

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

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.

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.

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.

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).