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Subfamily Molytinae


A catalog of Coleoptera of America North of Mexico. Curculionidae: Hylobiinae
By C.W. O'Brien & G.B. Marshall
USDA Agriculture handbook no. 529-143c. viii + 11 pp., 1986
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NB: The taxon is treated narrowly to include taxa placed in the Guide in the tribes Anchonini, Hylobiini, Molytini, and Sternechini. See also(1)

The genus Lepilius Champion (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Molytinae: Conotrachelini) in North America...
By Anderson R.S.
The Coleopterists Bulletin 66: 67–69, 2012
Full title: The genus Lepilius Champion (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Molytinae: Conotrachelini) in North America, with description of a new species, Lepilius chisosensis Anderson, from Big Bend National Park, Texas, U.S.A.

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A new species of eyeless Lymantes Schoenherr (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Molytinae: Lymantini) from Texas caves.
By Anderson, R.S.
Zootaxa 10.11646/ZOOTAXA.5087.2.8, 2022
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Anderson, R.S. 2022. A new species of eyeless Lymantes Schoenherr (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Molytinae: Lymantini) from Texas caves. Zootaxa 10.11646/ZOOTAXA.5087.2.8

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A new eyeless cave-inhabiting species of the weevil genus Lymantes Schoenherr (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Molytinae: Lymantini) is described. Lymantes reddelli Anderson, new species, occurs in caves in Bexar and Travis Counties, Texas, United States of America. The new species is very similar to Lymantes nadineae Anderson but is found in caves south of the Colorado River whereas [i]L.

A taxonomic revision of the genus Lymantes Schönherr, 1838 (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Molytinae: Lymantini) in the USA.
By Anderson, R.S.
The Coleopterists Bulletin 70(1): 111-124., 2016
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Robert S. Anderson. 2016. A taxonomic revision of the genus Lymantes Schönherr, 1838 (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Molytinae: Lymantini) in the United States of America. The Coleopterists Bulletin 70(1): 111-124.

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The genus Lymantes Schönherr, 1838 is revised for the USA. Five species are recognized: L. scrobicollis Gyllenhal, 1838 (widespread in the eastern United States); L. repens (Casey, 1892), new combination (California, Oregon and Washington); L. nadineae Anderson, 2009 (caves, central Texas); L. fowleri Anderson, new species (central Texas); and L.

First troglobitic weevil (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) in North America? Description of a new eyeless species of Lymantes...
By Paquin P., Anderson R.S.
In: Cokendolpher J.C., ed. Studies on the cave and endogean fauna of North America, part V: 115-124, 2009
Full title: First troglobitic weevil (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) in North America? Description of a new eyeless species of Lymantes Schoenherr from Central Texas caves

On the identity of a U.S. intercepted Conotrachelus Dejean (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) with avocado (Persea americana)
By Maria Lourdes Chamorro, Maxwell V. L. Barclay
Biodiversity Data Journal 6: e26362, 2018
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The genus Conotrachelus DeJean (Coleoptera, Curculionidae) in the North Central United States
By Herbert Frederick (H. F.) Schoof
University of Illinois press, 1942

A review of the Hylobius of North America, with a new species injurious to slash pine (Coleoptera: Curculionidae)
By Warner R.E.
Col. Bull. 20: 65-81, 1966