Apioninae - Wikipedia
Apioninae is a subfamily of pear-shaped weevils in the family of beetles known as Brentidae. There are at least 20 genera and 80 described species in Apioninae. [1] [2] They feed on living vegetation and sometimes on galls, making them occasional pests or tools of biological control. [3] Betulapion simile
Subfamily Apioninae - Pear-shaped Weevils - BugGuide.Net
Nov 20, 2023 · Curculionidae subfamily Apioninae of North and Central America, with reviews of the world genera of Apioninae... Kissinger D.G. 1968. Taxonomic Publications. South Lancaster, MA. vii+559 pp.
Brentidae - Wikipedia
Brentidae, sometimes known as the primitive weevils, is a cosmopolitan family of primarily xylophagous beetles also known as straight-snouted weevils. The concept of this family has been expanded with the inclusion of three groups formerly placed in the Curculionidae ; the subfamilies Apioninae , Cyladinae , and Nanophyinae , as well as the ...
(PDF) A new genus of the subfamily Apioninae (Coleoptera: Brentidae …
The composition of the subfamily Apioninae was accepted according to Alonso-Zarazaga and Lyal (1999). The family Brentidae has been recorded no earlier than the Lower Cretaceous (Zherikhin and Gratshev, 2004) and almost all fossil records of this group are now considered as Apioninae.
[PDF] A new genus of the subfamily Apioninae (Coleoptera: Brentidae …
Dec 1, 2015 · A phylogenetic analysis of 33 larval characters is conducted for 20 brentid species spanning Eurhynchini, Brentini, Cyladini, Antliarhinini, Tanaini, Apionini, Nanophyini, Ithycerini and Microcerini, and the results suggest a monophyletic family …
A preliminary overview of the Brazilian Apioninae (Coleoptera ...
Jan 1, 2019 · Here we examine the taxonomic diversity of the Brazilian Apioninae (Coleoptera: Brentidae) and provide an update based on the literature and through examination of material in primary Brazilian...
Timing and host plant associations in the evolution of the weevil …
Feb 1, 2017 · Timing and host plant associations in the evolution of the weevil tribe Apionini (Apioninae, Brentidae, Curculionoidea, Coleoptera) indicate an ancient co-diversification pattern of beetles and flowering plants
A new genus of the subfamily Apioninae (Coleoptera: Brentidae) from …
Jan 6, 2016 · A new genus and species, Palaeotanaos oisensis, is the first described representative of Apioninae from the Lower Eocene Oise amber.
New basal taxa of South African Apioninae (Coleoptera: …
Sep 10, 2021 · Timing and host plant associations in the evolution of the weevil tribe Apionini (Apioninae, Brentidae, Curculionoidea, Coleoptera) indicate an ancient co-diversification pattern of beetles and...
New Apioninae (Coleoptera: Brentidae) in Dominican amber
Feb 25, 2014 · PDF | The following new species of Apioninae weevils (Coleoptera: Brentidae) are described from Dominican amber. Toxorhynchus leptorhinus n. sp.,... | Find, read and cite all the research you...
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