Superfamily Curculionoidea

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Numbers · Identification · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited

Rhyssomatus sp.? - Rhyssomatus lineaticollis

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)

Print References

(6)(7)(8)(6)(9)(10)(11)(12)

Internet References

(13)(14)

Weevils of Texas - Curculionoidea (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. et al. 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.	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.

7.	Weevils of South Carolina (Coleoptera: Nemonychidae, Attelabidae, Brentidae, Ithyceridae, and Curculionidae). Janet C. Ciegler. 2010. Clemson University, Clemson, S.C. 276 pp.

8.	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.

9.	Assessment of species diversity in the Montane Cordillera Ecozone Scudder G.G.E., Smith I.M. (eds.). 1998. Burlington: Ecological Monitoring and Assessment Network.

10.	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.

11.	A world catalogue of families and genera of Curculionoidea (Insecta: Coleoptera) Alonso-Zarazaga M.A., Lyal C.H.C. 1999. Entomopraxis, Barcelona. 315 pp.

12.	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.

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

14.	Schott C. Les coléoptères Curculionoidea d'Alsace

Contributed by Cotinis on 9 January, 2006 - 9:13am
Additional contributions by Phillip Harpootlian, Mike Quinn, v belov
Last updated 3 August, 2023 - 1:20pm

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