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Subfamily Curculioninae


A catalog of Coleoptera of America North of Mexico. Curculionidae: Curculioninae
By Gibson L.P.
USDA Agriculture handbook no. 529-143b. x + 13 pp., 1985
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NB: The taxon is treated narrowly and includes a single genus, Curculio. See also(1)

Revision of the genera and species of Anthonomini inhabiting North America
By Dietz, W. G.
Trans. Amer. Ent. Soc. 18: 177 - 276, 1891
classic, available on BHL

Pupae of the weevil tribe Anthonomini (Coleoptera: Curculionidae)
By Burke H.R.
Texas Agric. Exp. Sta. Tech. Monograph 5: 1‒92, 1968

Larvae of the weevil tribe Anthonomini (Coleoptera: Curculionidae)
By Ahmad M., Burke H.R.
Misc. Publ. Entomol. Soc. Am. 8: 131–181, 1972

Towards a phylogenetic system of derelomine flower weevils (Coleoptera: Curculionidae)
By Franz N.M.
Syst. Entomol. 31: 220–287 [2005], 2006

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 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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