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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Curculionoidea

Superfamily Curculionoidea

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Numbers · Identification · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited
Little weevil on Mesquite - Sibinia setosa Hairy Weevil - Eustenopus villosus Cryptorhynchus lapathi? - Cryptorhynchus lapathi Eugnamptus angustatus? - Eugnamptus angustatus - male Beetle - Pseudobaris nigrina Weevil - Cyrtepistomus castaneus tiny weevil - Potato Leafhopper for scale - Pheloconus hispidus Naupactus leucoloma? - Naupactus leucoloma
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Coleoptera (Beetles)
Suborder Polyphaga
No Taxon (Series Cucujiformia)
Superfamily Curculionoidea
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
see(1)
Numbers
6-8 families in NA (~3000 spp.), 7-9 total, depending on source(2)(3)(4); estimated to include ~220,000 spp. worldwide (N.M. Franz's page)
Identification
the most recent general treatment in(5) • nonnative spp. treated in (6)
Print References
(7)(8)(9)(7)(10)(11)(12)(13)
Internet References
(14)(15)(16)
Weevils of Texas (Quinn 2017)
Works Cited
1.Phylogenomic data yield new and robust insights into the phylogeny and evolution of weevils
Shin S, Clarke DJ, Lemmon AR, Moriarty Lemmon E, Aitken AL, Haddad S, Farrell BD, Marvaldi AE, Oberprieler RG, McKenna DD. 2017. Mol. biol. evol. 35: 823‒836.
2.Franz et al. (2012-) Weevils of North America (WoNA)
3.Family-group names in Coleoptera (Insecta)
Bouchard P, Bousquet Y, Davies A, Alonso-Zarazaga M, Lawrence JF, Lyal CH, Newton A, Reid CA, Schmitt M, Ślipiński SA, Smith A. 2011. ZooKeys 88: 1–972.
4.Order Coleoptera Linnaeus, 1758. In: Zhang Z.-Q. (ed.) Animal biodiversity: An outline of higher-level classification...
Ślipiński S.A., Leschen R.A.B., Lawrence J.F. 2011. Zootaxa 3148: 203–208.
5.Handbook of Zoology. Coleoptera Vol. 3: Morphology and Systematics (Phytophaga)
Leschen R.A.B., Beutel R.G. (eds). 2014. Walter de Gruyter, Berlin. 687 pp.
6.Adventive weevils recorded from North America: A review and illustrated manual for their identification...
Hoebeke E.R., LaBonte J.R., Loeffler K.E. 2024. Coleopterists Soc. Special Publication 5: 1–604, 219 plates.
7.Annotated checklist of the weevils (Curculionidae sensu lato) of North America, Central America, and the West Indies...
O'Brien C.W., Wibmer G.J. 1982. Mem. Am. Ent. Inst. 34: x+382 pp.
8.Weevils of South Carolina (Coleoptera: Nemonychidae, Attelabidae, Brentidae, Ithyceridae, and Curculionidae).
Janet C. Ciegler. 2010. Clemson University, Clemson, S.C. 276 pp.
9.The weevils of Canada and Alaska: Vol. 1. Coleoptera: Curculionoidea, excluding Scolytidae and Curculionidae
Bright D.E. 1993. The insects and arachnids of Canada, Pt. 21. Ottawa: Agriculture Canada. 217 pp.
10.Assessment of species diversity in the Montane Cordillera Ecozone
Scudder G.G.E., Smith I.M. (eds.). 1998. Burlington: Ecological Monitoring and Assessment Network.
11.Weevils (Coleoptera: Curculionoidea, excluding Scolytinae and Platypodinae) of the Yukon
Anderson R.S. 1997. In: Danks H.V., Downes J.A. (Eds.), Insects of the Yukon. Biological Survey of Canada (Terrestrial Arthropods), Ottawa: 523–5.
12.A world catalogue of families and genera of Curculionoidea (Insecta: Coleoptera)
Alonso-Zarazaga M.A., Lyal C.H.C. 1999. Entomopraxis, Barcelona. 315 pp.
13.Bulk de novo mitogenome assembly from pooled total DNA elucidates the phylogeny of weevils (Coleoptera: Curculionoidea)
Gillett C.P.D.T., Crampton-Platt A., Timmermans M.J.T.N., Jordal B.H., Emerson B.C., Vogler A.P. 2014. Mol. Biol. Evol. 31: 2223-2237.
14.Alonso-Zarazaga M.A., Lyal C.H.C. (2003-) WTaxa: Electronic catalogue of weevil names (Curculionoidea)
15.Schott C. Les coléoptères Curculionoidea d'Alsace
16.Cooperative catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera Curculionoidea, 2nd ed.
Alonso-Zarazaga MA, Barrios H, Borovec R, Bouchard P, Caldara R, Colonnelli E, Gültekin L, Hlaváč P, Korotyaev B, Lyal CHC,.. 2023. Monografías electrónicas S.E.A.
Contributed by Cotinis on 9 January, 2006 - 9:13am
Additional contributions by Phillip Harpootlian, Mike Quinn, v belov
Last updated 18 September, 2024 - 5:17pm

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