Entiminae

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Here is a video with a quick primer on Entimines that was presented at the Encontro de Coleoptera in March 2021:

From my blogpost, 2012:

Keep reading blogposts about entimines and their morphology at http://entiminae.blogspot.com/

Publications on the topic:

Contact me if you cannot access any of the publications.

• Atencio, R., A. Barba, R. Collantes, J. Pittí, J. Muñoz, B. A. S. De Medeiros, J. C. Girón. 2022. A new species of Epicaerus Pascoe, 1881 (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Entiminae: Geonemini) associated with potato cultivars in Tierras Altas de Chiriquí, Panama. Zootaxa, 5115(1): 103–121. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5115.1.7

• Girón, J. C. (2020) Status of knowledge of the broad-nosed weevils of Colombia (Coleoptera, Curculionidae, Entiminae). Neotropical Biology and Conservation 15(4): 583–674. https://doi.org/10.3897/neotropical.15.e59713

• Girón, J. C. & M. L. Chamorro (2020) Variability and distribution of the golden-headed weevil Compsus auricephalus (Say) (Curculionidae: Entiminae: Eustylini). Biodiversity Data Journal 8: e55474. https://doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.8.e55474

• Girón, J. C. & A. T. Howden. 2019. Five new species of Pandeleteius Schönherr, 1834 (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Entiminae: Tanymecini) from South America. The Coleopterists Bulletin 73(4): 831–845. https://doi.org/10.1649/0010-065X-73.4.831

• Solano, Y. & J. C. Girón. 2019. First record of Pandeleteius hadromeroides (Kirsch, 1867) (Curculionidae: Entiminae: Tanymecini) on strawberry crops in Venezuela. The Coleopterists Bulletin 73(4): 962–965. https://doi.org/10.1649/0010-065X-73.4.962

• Girón, J. C., C. W. O’Brien & C. Rose-Smyth. 2018. On the West Indian weevil genus Lachnopus Schönherr, 1840 (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Entiminae): descriptions of six new species, an annotated checklist, and a proposal for species groups. Zootaxa 4423(1): 1–85. http://www.mapress.com/j/zt/article/view/zootaxa.4423.1.1

• Girón, J. C. & N. M. Franz. 2012. Phylogenetic assessment of the Caribbean weevil genus Lachnopus Schoenherr, 1840 (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Entiminae). Invertebrate Systematics 26: 67–82. http://www.bioone.org/doi/abs/10.1071/IS11033

• Girón, J. C. & N. M. Franz. 2010. Revision, phylogeny, and historical biogeography of the genus Apodrosus Marshall, 1922 (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Entiminae). Insect Systematics & Evolution 41: 339–414. http://booksandjournals.brillonline.com/content/journals/10.1163/187631210x538799

• O'Brien, C. W., J. C. Ciegler & J. C. Girón. 2010. Weevils of the genus Cercopeus Schoenherr from South Carolina, USA (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Entiminae). Insecta Mundi 0141: 1–29. https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/insectamundi/661/

• Franz, N. M. & J. C. Girón. 2009. Scelianoma elydimorpha, a new genus and new species of entimine weevil from southwestern Puerto Rico (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Entiminae). Neotropical Entomology 38: 219–230. http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1519-566X2009000200009

• Girón, J. 2007. Estudio de los Entiminae (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) depositados en el Museo de Entomología de la Universidad del Valle. Boletín del Museo de Entomología de la Universidad del Valle 8(1): 34. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1OZMUW9vzydpFcfmudCo2pJWAFKps80dA/view

• Girón, J. 2006. A note on Colombian Entiminae. Curculio 52: 6–7. http://www.coleopsoc.org/curculio/curculio_52.pdf

Presentations and posters:

Including links to corresponding files.

• Girón, J. C. (2021) Introducción a los gorgojos de pico corto neotropicales (Curculionidae: Entiminae) [A primer on Neotropical Broad-nosed weevils]. Encontro de Coleoptera, on line, Brazil. March 2021. [Presentation; recording]

• Girón, J. C. On the diversity of Neotropical broad-nosed weevils (Curculionidae: Entiminae) and the "Age of Empires syndrome". Annual meeting of the Entomological Society of America, Vancouver, Canada. Nov 2018. [Presentation]

• Girón, J. C. 2015. The genus Lachnopus and its species L. curvipes (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Entiminae): cases of study on Caribbean endemism and radiation. Poster, IV Network of Neotropical Biogeography, Panama, Panama. I 15-16 - 2015. [Presentation]

• Girón, J. C. & N. M. Franz. 2014. Estudios en la subfamilia Entiminae (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) en el caribe. Oral presentation. IV Congreso Colombiano de Zoología, Cartagena, Colombia. XI 11- XII 5 -2014. [Presentation]

• Girón, J. C. & N. M. Franz. 2013. A review of distributional data on Colombian entimine weevils (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Entiminae). Virtual poster. Annual Meeting of the Entomological Society of America, Austin, TX. XI-10-13-2013. [Poster]

• Girón J. C. 2013. Estado actual del conocimiento de la subfamilia Entiminae (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) en Colombia. In: Rueda-Ramírez, D. (Comp.): 40° Congreso de la Sociedad Colombiana de Entomología. Resúmenes. Oral presentation. Sociedad Colombiana de Entomología, Bogotá. VII 10-12 2013. 343 pp. [Presentation]

• Girón, J. C. & N. M. Franz. 2011. Lachnopus curvipes Fabricius 1787 and its radiation on the Caribbean region (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Entiminae). Oral presentation. Annual Meeting of the Entomological Society of America, Reno, NV, XI-15-2011. [Presentation]

• Girón, J. C. & N. M. Franz. 2010. Preliminary insights into the phylogeny of the genus Lachnopus Schoenherr 1840 (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Entiminae). Oral presentation. Annual Meeting of the Entomological Society of America, San Diego, CA, XII-14-2010. [Presentation]

• Girón, J. C. & N. M. Franz. 2009. Revision and phylogeny of the Caribbean weevil genus Apodrosus Marshall (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Entiminae). Oral presentation. Annual Meeting of the Entomological Society of America, Indianapolis, IN, XII-15-2009. [Presentation]

• Girón, J. C. & N. M. Franz. 2009. Historia taxonómica de la subfamilia Entiminae (Coleoptera: Curculionidae): un vistazo a los caracteres. In: Bustillo Pardy, A. E. (Comp.): XXXVI Congreso de la Sociedad Colombiana de Entomología. Resúmenes. Oral presentation. Sociedad Colombiana de Entomología, Medellín. 246 pp. [Presentation]

• Girón, J. & N. M. Franz. 2008. Towards a revision of the genus Apodrosus Marshall (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Entiminae). Oral presentation. Annual Meeting of the Entomological Society of America, Reno, NV, XI-17-2008. [Poster]