02579nam 2200385 450 991059790220332120230218171840.0(CKB)4920000000095093(NjHacI)994920000000095093(EXLCZ)99492000000009509320230218d2019 uy 0engur|||||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierSystematics and Phylogeny of Weevils /edited by Rolf Oberprieler, Adriana Marvaldi, Chris Lyal[Place of publication not identified] :MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute,2019.©20191 online resource (458 pages)3-03897-656-3 Includes bibliographical references and index.This Special Issue on the Systematics and Phylogeny of Weevils presents 31 new research papers on one of the most diverse and successful groups of animals on Earth, the beetle superfamily Curculionoidea. It was in part inspired to commemorate the extraordinary life and scientific achievements of Guillermo ("Willy") Kuschel (1918-2017), who shaped this field of science over the last century like no other weevil systematist. The papers in this memorial issue span weevil faunas from all over the globe, including South and Central America, Africa, Europe and the Near East, South-East Asia, New Guinea, Australia and New Zealand. They include major advances on the phylogeny and classification of the "broad-nosed" weevils (Entiminae), on the weevils associated with American cycads and on the unique extinct weevil fauna preserved in the 100-million-year-old Burmese amber, when weevils started to diversify alongside the oldest angiosperm plants. They comprise a tribute to Willy Kuschel, the proceedings of a weevil symposium held in his honor in 2016 in Orlando, Florida, 24 systematic studies (including seven phylogenetic analyses) and five other contributions on the diversity, biology, distribution, evolution and fossil history of weevils. In the papers collated in this volume, 30 new genera and 92 new species of weevils are described and a new family of extinct weevils is recognized.InsectsClassificationInsects595.7Lyal ChrisMarvaldi AdrianaOberprieler RolfNjHacINjHaclBOOK9910597902203321Systematics and Phylogeny of Weevils2929108UNINA