3.6. Brentidae Billberg, 1820

The Weevil Rostrum (Coleoptera: Curculionoidea): Internal Structure and Evolutionary Trends

“…Although not included in this study, the features of the terminalia of Dryophthorinae and Platypodinae (and characters from elsewhere in the body) also agree with such a placement. At least the strict consensus shows support for a more inclusive grouping of Brachycerinae (sensu Oberprieler, 2014b). With regard to grouping Platypodinae with Dryophthorinae, similar comments may be made.…”

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

“…There are other differences between these two types of male genitalia in weevils too, concerning the structure of the temones and the tegmen as well as of the sternites VIII and IX associated with the aedeagus. In the typical pedotectal aedeagus, the temones have two basal arms (a dorsal one connecting to the tectum and a ventral one to the pedon), the tegmen has a large dorsal plate with short parameral lobes and is laterally articulated, sternite VIII is complete and typically carries a small spiculum relictum [36], and sternite IX has a large basal plate, whereas in the pedal aedeagus the temones only have a ventral arm (connected to the pedon), the tegmen has a dorsal pair of narrow parameres and is laterally not hinged, sternite VIII is divided into two crescentic hemisternites, and in sternite IX the basal plate forms a narrow fork [37].…”

Review of the Hygrophilous Weevils in Israel (Coleoptera: Curculionoidea)

“…Based on the data on the recent taxa, one can assume that the biology of the extinct species was quite similar to that of the extant Echinocnemus, feeding and developing on the semi-aquatic Poaceae (e.g., Oryza) in the Palaearctic, Afrotropical, and Oriental regions and on the aquatic fern Marsilea (Marsileaceae) in Australia [7,[89][90][91][92].…”

“…Arthrostenus Schoenherr, 1826 [105] Comprises nine semi-aquatic species in warm and arid parts of the Palaearctic region (East Mediterranean, Caucasus, Middle Asia) [45,91]. Associated with Poaceae, Sparganiaceae, and Typhaceae [91,106].…”

“…Tanysphyrini Gistel, 1848 [49] Stenopelmus Schoenherr, 1835 [108] A Nearctic genus comprising three aquatic species distributed in USA, Central and South America, one of them introduced occasionally into Europe and Japan and deliberately into South Africa, associated with the water ferns Azolla (Salviniaceae) [45,91]. In Israel, it is represented by a single species, probably introduced occasionally with an ornamental Azolla.…”