Australian Weevils

Download or read book Australian Weevils (Coleoptera: Curculionoidea) I written by EC Zimmerman and published by CSIRO PUBLISHING. This book was released on 1994-01-01 with total page 727 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Volume I, the primitive weevil families Anthribidae, Belidae, Nemonychidae, Caridae, Rhynchitidae and Attelabidae are treated. One hundred and two genera and 400 species are catalogued. The species are illustrated by about 1035 individual drawings and black and white photographs, in addition to 650 colour photographs relating to primitive weevil families in Volumes V and VI. Volume I includes a chapter on Nemonychidae by G Kuschel and also an important Postscript detailing some crucial taxonomic changes in several weevil subfamilies that are only dealt with in detail in the later volumes.