Australian Weevils Volume 2: Brentidae, Eurhynchidae, Apionidae

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Part of an eight-volume set providing a comprehensive study of Australian weevils, this second volume focuses on the Brentidae, Eurhynchidae, Apionidae, and immature stages. Features of the set of books include: information on about 4,000 species; an annotated catalogue of Australian weevils; keys to families, genera and species; and information on host plants, distribution, life histories and economic importance. The eight volumes are aimed at libraries in universities, museums, departments of agricultures, forestry, quarantine, state and national parks, environmental studies, specialists and naturalists in Australia, and other countries.

Author Bio

The late Elwood Zimmerman began his entomological career as member of the Bishop Museum's Mangarevan Expedition of 1934 and then worked as Curator of Entomology at the Bishop Museum in Hawaii for more than 30 years, where he produced, besides many papers on weevils, the monumental monograph series Insects of Hawaii. In 1972 he relocated to Australia to embark on the similarly ambitious Australian Weevils series, of which he published five volumes by 1994 and on which he continued to work until his death in 2004. He published 242 papers and books during his long career.