Phylogenomics illuminates the phylogeny of flower weevils (Curculioninae) and reveals ten independent origins of brood-site pollination mutualism in true weevils

J Haran, X Li, R Allio, S Shin… - … of the Royal …, 2023 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Weevils are an unusually species-rich group of phytophagous insects for which there is
increasing evidence of frequent involvement in brood-site pollination. This study examines …

The weevil fauna preserved in Burmese amber—snapshot of a unique, extinct lineage (Coleoptera: Curculionoidea)

DJ Clarke, A Limaye, DD McKenna, RG Oberprieler - Diversity, 2018 - mdpi.com
Only a few weevils have been described from Burmese amber, and although most have
been misclassified, they show unusual and specialised characters unknown in extant …

Flower visitors of the licuri palm (Syagrus coronata): brood pollinators coexist with a diverse community of antagonists and mutualists

BAS De Medeiros, LA Núñez-Avellaneda… - Biological Journal of …, 2019 - academic.oup.com
Communities of plants and their insect brood pollinators have provided important insights
into the evolution of mutualism. The discovery of new systems has the potential to extend our …

Mating behaviour of endemic and introduced Galapaganus weevils (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) in the Galápagos Islands: linking behavioural mechanism to genomic …

AS Sequeira, G Karcz, M Amarsanaa, RL Rodríguez - Animal Behaviour, 2024 - Elsevier
This paper is the first step in a study that aims to use details of mating and courtship
behaviour to explain realized patterns of interbreeding between closely related species. We …

The hind wing of Coleoptera (Insecta): morphology, nomenclature and phylogenetic significance: Part 2. Further discussion, Histeroidea, Bostrichoidea to …

JF Lawrence, YL Zhou, C Lemann, B Sinclair… - Annales Zoologici, 2022 - BioOne
Part 2 of this work includes a review of morphological and systematic work on Histeridae
(G07, revision), Bostrichoidea (G15), Coccinelloidea (G16), Lymexyloidea+ Tenebrionoidea …

Evaluating insect-host interactions as a driver of species divergence in palm flower weevils

BAS de Medeiros, BD Farrell - Communications Biology, 2020 - nature.com
Plants and their specialized flower visitors provide valuable insights into the evolutionary
consequences of species interactions. In particular, antagonistic interactions between …

Systematic revision and morphological phylogenetic analysis of Anchylorhynchus Schoenherr, 1836 (Coleoptera, Curculionidae: Derelomini).

DEM BAS, SA Vanin - Zootaxa, 2020 - europepmc.org
Anchylorhynchus Schoenherr is a genus of palm-associated weevils currently including 22
described species in the Neotropics. These weevils engage in brood pollination interactions …

Morphological and molecular inference of immature stages of Larinus hedenborgi (Col: Curculionidae), a trehala-constructing weevil

J Skuhrovec, R Gosik, N Maleki-Ravasan… - Organisms Diversity & …, 2021 - Springer
Trehala manna is the edible and trehalose-rich cocoons of a few Larinus species
(Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Lixinae: Lixini), and manufactured by the feeding activity of …

[PDF][PDF] Status of knowledge of the broad-nosed weevils of Colombia (Coleoptera, Curculionidae, Entiminae)

JC Girón - Neotropical Biology and Conservation, 2020 - neotropical.pensoft.net
Broad-nosed weevils in the subfamily Entiminae (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) are highly
diverse, not only in terms of number of species, but also in their sizes, forms and colours …

Cut to Disarm Plant Defence: A Unique Oviposition Behaviour in Rhynchites foveipennis (Coleoptera: Attelabidae)

ZY Zhang, W Li, QC Huang, L Yang, XL Chen, RD Xiao… - Insects, 2023 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Female Rhynchites foveipennis damages fruit stems when laying eggs in
pears; the consequence of this interesting behaviour is poorly studied. The present study …