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diversity Volume 2 Systematics and Phylogeny of Weevils Edited by Rolf Oberprieler, Adriana Marvaldi and Chris Lyal Printed Edition of the Special Issue Published in Diversity www.mdpi.com/journal/diversity Systematics and Phylogeny of Weevils Systematics and Phylogeny of Weevils Volume 2 Special Issue Editors Rolf Oberprieler Adriana E. Marvaldi Chris Lyal MDPI • Basel • Beijing • Wuhan • Barcelona • Belgrade Special Issue Editors Rolf Oberprieler Adriana E. Marvaldi Australian National Insect Collection The National Scientific and Technical Commonwealth Scientific Research Council (CONICET) and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) Universidad Nacional de La Plata Australia Argentina Chris Lyal The Natural History Museum UK Editorial Office MDPI St. Alban-Anlage 66 4052 Basel, Switzerland This is a reprint of articles from the Special Issue published online in the open access journal Diversity (ISSN 1424-2818) from 2018 to 2019 (available at: https://www.mdpi.com/journal/diversity/ special issues/Systematics Phylogeny Weevils) For citation purposes, cite each article independently as indicated on the article page online and as indicated below: LastName, A.A.; LastName, B.B.; LastName, C.C. Article Title. Journal Name Year, Article Number, Page Range. Volume 2 Volume 1-2 ISBN 978-3-03897-668-4 (Pbk) ISBN 978-3-03897-670-7 (Pbk) ISBN 978-3-03897-669-1 (PDF) ISBN 978-3-03897-671-4 (PDF) Cover image courtesy of CSIRO. c 2019 by the authors. Articles in this book are Open Access and distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license, which allows users to download, copy and build upon published articles, as long as the author and publisher are properly credited, which ensures maximum dissemination and a wider impact of our publications. The book as a whole is distributed by MDPI under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons license CC BY-NC-ND. Contents About the Special Issue Editors ..................................... ix Preface to ”Systematics and Phylogeny of Weevils” ......................... xi Adriana E. Marvaldi, Mar´ıaGuadalupe del R´ıo,Vanina A. Pereyra, Nicol´asRocamundi and Anal´ıaA. Lanteri A Combined Molecular and Morphological Approach to Explore the Higher Phylogeny of Entimine Weevils (Coleoptera: Curculionidae), with Special Reference to South American Taxa Reprinted from: Diversity 2018, 10, 95, doi:10.3390/d10030095 .................... 1 Conrad P.D.T. Gillett, Christopher H. Lyal, Alfried P. Vogler and Brent C. Emerson Statistical Evaluation of Monophyly in the ‘Broad-Nosed Weevils’ through Molecular Phylogenetic Analysis Combining Mitochondrial Genome and Single-Locus Sequences (Curculionidae: Entiminae, Cyclominae, and Hyperinae) Reprinted from: Diversity 2018, 10, 21, doi:10.3390/d10020021 .................... 31 Roman Borovec, Rolf G. Oberprieler and Massimo Meregalli The Enigmatic Weevil Genus Philetaerobius from Southern Africa: Definition, Affinities and Description of Three New Species (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Entiminae) Reprinted from: Diversity 2018, 10, 30, doi:10.3390/d10020030 .................... 46 Roman Borovec, Rolf G. Oberprieler and Massimo Meregalli Validation of the Names of Three Weevil Species Described by Borovec et al., The Enigmatic Weevil Genus Philetaerobius from Southern Africa: Definition, Affinities and Description of Three New Species (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Entiminae); Diversity, 2018, 10,30 Reprinted from: Diversity 2018, 10, 93, doi:10.3390/d10030093 .................... 74 Maria G. del R´ıo,Marcela S. Rodriguero, Viviana A. Confalonieri and Anal´ıaA. Lanteri Molecular and Morphological Phylogenetic Analysis of Naupactus Dejean (Curculionidae: Entiminae) and Allied Genera: The Dilemma of Classification Reprinted from: Diversity 2018, 10, 59, doi:10.3390/d10030059 .................... 77 Massimo Meregalli, Christoph Germann, Marco V. Bernasconi and Piero Cervella Phylogeny of the Genus Dichotrachelus (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Cyclominae) Reprinted from: Diversity 2018, 10, 66, doi:10.3390/d10030066 .................... 93 Barbara I. P. Barratt, Matthew J. W. Cock and Rolf G. Oberprieler Weevils as Targets for Biological Control, and the Importance of Taxonomy and Phylogeny for Efficacy and Biosafety Reprinted from: Diversity 2018, 10, 73, doi:10.3390/d10030073 ....................121 Robert S. Anderson, Rolf G. Oberprieler and Gregory P. Setliff A Review of the Araucaria-Associated Weevils of the Tribe Orthorhinini (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Molytinae), with Description of New Species of Ilacuris Pascoe, 1865 and Notopissodes Zimmerman & Oberprieler, 2014 and a New Genus, Kuschelorhinus Anderson & Setliff Reprinted from: Diversity 2018, 10, 54, doi:10.3390/d10030054 ....................140 v Robert S. Anderson, Rolf G. Oberprieler and Gregory P. Setliff Validation of the Names of Five Weevil Taxa Described by Anderson et al., A Review of the Araucaria-Associated Weevils of the Tribe Orthorhinini (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Molytinae), with Description of New Species of Ilacuris Pascoe, 1865 and Notopissodes Zimmerman & Oberprieler, 2014 and a New Genus, Kuschelorhinus Anderson & Setliff; Diversity, 2018, 10,54 Reprinted from: Diversity 2018, 10, 83, doi:10.3390/d10030083 ....................165 Emily D. Fountain, Robert H. Cruickshank and Adrian M. Paterson The Molecular Phylogeny of the New Zealand Endemic Genus Hadramphus and the Revival of the Genus Karocolens Reprinted from: Diversity 2018, 10, 88, doi:10.3390/d10030088 ....................168 Christopher H. C. Lyal The Problematic Genus Sclerocardius (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Molytinae: Ithyporini) Reprinted from: Diversity 2018, 10, 74, doi:10.3390/d10030074 ....................181 Joana P. Crist´ov˜aoand Christopher H. C. Lyal Anchonini in Africa: New Species and Genus Confirming a Transatlantic Distribution (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Molytinae) Reprinted from: Diversity 2018, 10, 82, doi:10.3390/d10030082 ....................211 Henry Hespenheide A Review of Philenis Champion, 1906 (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Conoderinae), with Descriptions of New Species from Central and South America Reprinted from: Diversity 2018, 10, 84, doi:10.3390/d10030084 ....................244 Jiˇr´ıSkuhrovec, Peter Hlav´aˇc and Jan Batelka Review of Cape Verde Aphanommata Wollaston, 1873 (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Cossoninae) with Description of New Species, Larva and Notes on Biology and Distributional Patterns Reprinted from: Diversity 2018, 10, 28, doi:10.3390/d10020028 ....................268 Jiˇr´ıSkuhrovec, Peter Hlav´aˇc and Jan Batelka Validation of the Names of Two Weevil Species Described by Skuhrovec et al., Review of Cape Verde Aphanommata Wollaston, 1873 (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Cossoninae) with Description of New Species, Larva and Notes on Biology and Distributional Patterns; Diversity 2018, 10,28 Reprinted from: Diversity 2018, 10, 87, doi:10.3390/d10030087 ....................288 Lawrence R. Kirkendall Invasive Bark Beetles (Coleoptera, Curculionidae, Scolytinae) in Chile and Argentina, Including Two Species New for South America, and the Correct Identity of the Orthotomicus Species in Chile and Argentina Reprinted from: Diversity 2018, 10, 40, doi:10.3390/d10020040 ....................291 Michael Koˇst´ˇal and Peter Vdaˇcnˇ y´ On the Phylogenetic Position of the Weevil Tribe Acentrusini Alonso-Zarazaga, 2005 (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Curculioninae) Reprinted from: Diversity 2018, 10, 34, doi:10.3390/d10020034 ....................311 Debbie Jennings and Rolf G. Oberprieler A Review of the Tribe Cryptoplini (Coleoptera: Curculioninae), with Revision of the Genus Menechirus Hartmann, 1901 and Description of a New Genus Associated with Macadamia Reprinted from: Diversity 2018, 10, 71, doi:10.3390/d10030071 ....................322 vi Samuel D. J. Brown and Richard A. B. Leschen Kuschelysius, a New Alpine Genus of Eugnomine Weevil (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Curculioninae) from New Zealand Reprinted from: Diversity 2018, 10, 75, doi:10.3390/d10030075 ....................356 Peter Sprick and Andreas Floren Diversity of Curculionoidea in Humid Rain Forest Canopies of Borneo: A Taxonomic Blank Spot Reprinted from: Diversity 2018, 10, 116, doi:10.3390/d10040116 ....................374 Ariel-Leib-Leonid Friedman Review of the Hygrophilous Weevils in Israel (Coleoptera: Curculionoidea) Reprinted from: Diversity 2018, 10, 77, doi:10.3390/d10030077 ....................394 vii About the Special Issue Editors Rolf Oberprieler is a senior research scientist at the Australian National Insect Collection of the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) in Canberra, Australia. He worked on weevils at the National Insect Collection of the Plant Protection Research Institute in Pretoria, South Africa, for 17 years, mainly on the subfamily Entiminae but also on several other groups. For his Ph.D. degree he studied the systematics and biology of the African cycad-associated weevils, an interest that followed him to Australia in 1997. There he continued taxonomic research on broad-nosed weevils (Entiminae and Cyclominae) but also on some taxa of economic importance. He authored and co-authored a comprehensive catalogue of Australian weevils and several chapters on weevils in the Handbook of Zoology, as well as papers on weevil fossils and phylogeny. With almost 40 years of experience in weevil systematics, he has a broad knowledge of the weevil fauna of the Southern Hemisphere. Adriana E. Marvaldi is as a research scientist of The National Scientific and Technical Research Council
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    Tuhinga 29: 20–34 Copyright © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (2018) New locality records for two species of protected weevils, Anagotus fairburni (Brookes, 1932) and Hadramphus stilbocarpae Kuschel, 1971 (Coleoptera: Curculionidae), from southern Fiordland, New Zealand Colin M. Miskelly,* Alan J.D. Tennyson** and Colin R. Bishop*** * Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, PO Box 467, Wellington 6140, New Zealand ([email protected]) ** Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, PO Box 467, Wellington 6140, New Zealand *** Department of Conservation, PO Box 29, Te Anau 9600, New Zealand ABSTRACT: The flax weevil Anagotus fairburni (Brookes, 1932) and knobbled weevil Hadramphus stilbocarpae Kuschel, 1971 were among the first New Zealand insects to be granted legal protection. Both are large flightless species with narrow host–plant requirements. Their disjunct distributions are probably the result of predation by introduced rodents, with populations of both having apparently been extirpated by ship rats (Rattus rattus) at one documented site (Taukihepa/Big South Cape Island). Within Fiordland, flax weevils were previously known from a single small island in Breaksea Sound, and knobbled weevils had been reported from five outer islands, from Secretary Island south to Resolution Island. We report the presence of both species in Dusky Sound, and flax weevils in Chalky and Preservation Inlets, based on surveys of 134 islands in 2016 and 2017. Signs of flax weevil feeding were recorded on 56 widely scattered islands, with live or dead animals found on seven of these during the limited search time available. A single knobbled weevil was found at night on a small island in the Seal Islands, southwest of Anchor Island.