Listed below are a few recent publications authored by Biodiversity Institute scientists and students. Browse the Biodiversity Institute bibliography for more publications.
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2010. Can higher-level phylogenies of weevils explain their evolutionary success? A critical review. Systematic Entomology. 35:597-606. Abstract
We review a series of related publications that combine higher-level phylogenies of weevils (Coleoptera: Curculionoidea) with host plant information to explain the success of this megadiverse lineage in the context of a co-evolutionary escape-and-radiation hypothesis. We argue that the authors...
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2010. Primitive termites in Cretaceous amber from Spain and Canada (Isoptera).. Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society. 83:111-128. Abstract
<p>The first termites in Early Cretaceous (Albian) amber from Spain are described and figured. Morazatermes krishnai Engel and Delclòs, new genus and species, is described from an imago (and wings of a second specimen) preserved in fossiliferous resin from Moraza, Burgos Province....
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2010. Antiquity and evolution of prosternal horns in baridine weevils (Coleoptera: Curculionidae).. Journal of Paleontology. 84:918-926. Abstract
<p>Among weevils of the subfamily Baridinae (548 extant genera and ca. 9,000 species), unique prosternal horns and associated sheaths have evolved independently multiple times. These structures are utilized in a unique form of male-male aggression in which males push, rather than overturn as...