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Marek Wanat, 2001. Genera of Australo-Pacific Rhadinocybinae and Myrmacicelinae with biogeography of the Apionidae (Coleoptera: Curculionoidea) and phyllogeny of the Brentidae (s. lato).

Wydawnictwo Mantis, Olsztyn, 432 pages, format: 17 x 24 cm, hard binding, ISBN 83-914336-1-7.

Marek Wanat
Born in 1958 in Łódź, where he studied at the Faculty of Biology and Earth Sciences, Łódź University, and gained his M. Sc. for a dissertation on the weevil fauna of his home city. In 1984 he took the position of professor's assistant/curator of insect collecions at the Museum of Natural History, Wrocław University, where he got Ph.D. in 1993 for his systematic study on the apionid tribe Ceratapiini (finally published in 1995), and where he works today.
The author's passion for nature and entomology developed already at the beginnig of highschool and soon beetles, a and in particular weevils, became his favourite group. Apart from his devotedly pursued field studies on weevils, which brought discoveries of several species new to the fauna of Poland, accumulation of huge beetle collection, and great amount of faunistic and biological information, sice 1984 his research has been focused on the evolution and systematics of apionid weevils. Over a dozen years of completing literature, studying hundreds of types, and examining hundreds thousands of specimens, collected himself or provided by museums and coleopterists from all over the world, have made him well acquainted with these inconspicuous (but beautiful) beaked creatures. This book is an attempt af finding for them a proper place in weevil evolution and classification.

CONTENT:

  1. Introduction
  2. Study area
  3. Material, methods, and abbreviations
  4. Morphological characters - terms and explantations
  5. Bionomic and ecology
  6. Systematic reviev
    1. Key to subfamilies and supertribes of the Apionidae of the Australo-Pacific Region
    2.   Subfamily Myrmacicelinae
    3.     Genus Myrmacicelus Chevrolat
    4.   Subfamily Rhadinocybinae
    5. Key to tribes
    6. Key to genera
    7.   Tribe to Rhadinocybini Alonso-Zarazaga
    8.     Genus Rhadinocyba Faust
    9.     Genus Megatracheloides Lucas
    10.     Genus Himantapion nov.
    11.     Genus Pterapion Faust
    12.     Genus Pogonapion nov.
    13.     Genus Zimmius nov.
    14.     Genus Hellerenius nov.
    15.     Genus Tetrapion nov.
    16.     Genus Diapion nov.
    17.     Genus Caledonapion nov.
    18.     Genus Apinogrammus nov.
    19.     Genus Discelapion nov.
    20.     Genus Thyridapion nov.
  1.     Genus Micronotapion nov.
  2.     Genus Myrmacyba Heller
  3.     Genus Myrmecocybus nov.
  4.     Genus Ithyocybus nov.
  5.     Genus Myrmecapion nov.
  6.     Genus Apionocybus nov.
  7.     Genus Tapinocybus nov.
  8.     Genus Heterocybus nov.
  9.     Genus Brachycybus nov.
  10.     Genus Platycybus nov.
  11.     Genus Notapion Zimmerman
  12.     Genus Allonotapion nov.
  13.     Genus Ganoapion Zimmerman
  14.     Genus Ganonotapion nov.
  15.     Genus Coeliapion nov.
  16.     Genus Titanapion nov.
  17.     Genus Lissapion Zimmerman
  18.     Genus Alissapion nov.
  19.     Genus Schismatapion nov.
  20.     Genus Nanomyrmacyba Wanat
  21.     Genus Ommatocybus nov.
  1. VII.  Phylogenetic analysis
  2.    Phylogeny and reclassification of the Brentidae family complex
  3.    Phylogeny of the Rhadinocybinae
  4. VIII. Biogeography of the Apionidae
  5.    Origin, early evolution and dispersal of the Apionidae
  6.    Biogeography of the Australo-Pacific Apionidae

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