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Subfamily Curculioninae

Wayne E. Clark's Anthonomini pages

[cite:752354]
Info collected mostly from literature, apparently in preparation for taxonomic revisions.
NB: [1] click species epithets under/next to thumbnails to access species pages from a species-group page; [2] A. squamosus group continued here; [3] see also(1)

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Contributed by v belov on 20 March, 2013 - 1:36pm

Rediscovery of the greater chestnut weevil highlights the power of digital platforms in biodiversity research and conservation

"...between 2022 and 2025, five iNaturalist observations and a Facebook post documented beetles matching the species’ appearance at pathogen-resistant hybrid chestnut plantings (with American chestnut and Chinese chestnut ancestry) in Pennsylvania, Virginia, and Delaware, and a single record from Allegheny chinquapin (Castanea pumila)—a native near relative of American chestnut—in Virginia."

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Contributed by Fred Kelso on 1 December, 2025 - 6:58pm

Clark W.E. List of species of Curculionidae (Coleoptera) assigned to the tribe Anthonomini

[cite:582351]

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Contributed by v belov on 29 September, 2011 - 4:24pm

Zabaluev I.A. (2006-2013) Encyclopedia of insects

[cite:967826]

a wealth of info useful for the Guide, especially on weevils of palaearctic origin that have been introduced to North America; sadly, no English version

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Contributed by v belov on 30 July, 2014 - 12:03pm

Identification tool for weevil biological control agents of aquatic and terrestrial weeds in the United States and Canada

[cite:596213]
authors: Haseeb M., O'Brien C.W., Flowers R.W., Kairo M.T.K. (2006)
now only available as a download (CD)

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Contributed by v belov on 20 November, 2011 - 11:46am

Alonso-Zarazaga M.A., Lyal C.H.C. (2003-) WTaxa: Electronic catalogue of weevil names (Curculionoidea)

(Version 17, 01-Apr-2014; not yet fully functional, it seems)

[cite:889319]

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Contributed by v belov on 31 January, 2014 - 11:58am

Franz et al. (2012-) Weevils of North America (WoNA)

[cite:773427]
Authors: Nico M. Franz, M. Andrew Jansen, Gregory P. Setliff, Michael Shillingburg, Sarah Shirota, Charles W. O'Brien
"An emerging resource for locality information, habitus photographs, and legacy descriptions of ~3000 North American weevil species [...] The majority of specimens stem from the Charles W. O'Brien weevil collection..."
NB: the genera Acanthobaris, Anisorrhamphus, Archocopturus, Crotanius, Cylindrocerus, Cyrionyx, Elliptobaris, Embates, Eugeraeus, Hiotus, Larides, Leptoschoinus, Limnobaris, Lydamis, Madarus, Megalostylus, Nesotocus, Nicentrites, Optatus, Prionobrachium, Tyrannion, Xystus mostly occur in the neotropical parts of Mexico and do not range into our area.

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Contributed by v belov on 21 May, 2013 - 10:24am

Haseeb M., O'Brien C.W., Kairo M.T.K. (2010) Potentially invasive weevil species from the Caribbean countries to the US...

[cite:601364]
Haseeb M., O’Brien C.W., Kairo M.T.K. (2010) Potentially invasive weevil species from the Caribbean countries to the United States. Lucid v. 3.4. USDA/APHIS/PPQ Center for Plant Health Science and Technology, Center for Biological Control, CESTA, Florida A&M University.
29.iv.2014 update: the resource is no longer available, but the fact sheets are there...

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Contributed by v belov on 15 December, 2011 - 10:10am

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