CLADISTIC AND BIOGEOGRAPHIC ANALYSES OF THE WEEVIL GENUS LISTRODERES SCHOENHERR (COLEOPTERA: CURCULIONIDAE)

• Published in: Cladistics
• Main Author: Morrone, Juan J.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 1993
• Subjects: Antarctic; Argentina; Chaco; Antarc*
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1096-0031.1993.tb00233.x; https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1111%2Fj.1096-0031.1993.tb00233.x; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/j.1096-0031.1993.tb00233.x

Abstract— The weevil genus Listroderes Schoenherr is a monophyletic group defined by the body vestiture consisting of subcircular to suboval scales, and comprises 35 species endemic to southern South America. A cladistic analysis of the genus was carried out using 44 characters from external morphol...