Australian Beetles Volume 3

Polyphaga (Part 2)

Australian Beetles Series Edited by: Hermes E. Escalona, Adam Slipinski

The third of a four-volume series providing comprehensive treatment of Australia's beetles.

The Australian Beetles series represents a comprehensive treatment of the beetles of Australia, a relatively under-studied fauna that includes many unusual and unique evolutionary lineages found nowhere else on Earth. + Full description

Volume 3 (Polyphaga, Part 2) contains 12 chapters, providing critical information and identification keys to the genera of the Australian beetle families included in superfamily Curculionoidea (Nemonychidae, Anthribidae, Belidae, Attelabidae, Caridae, Brentidae and Curculionidae) and one subfamily of Cerambycidae (Lamiinae).

Each chapter is richly illustrated with black and white photographs, high-resolution images and drawings. The book also includes colour habitus figures for about 900 Australian beetle genera belonging to the families treated in this volume. The chapters have been written by 11 contributors from Australia, Poland and the USA.

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Details

Hardback | April 2025 | $280.00
ISBN: 9781486314539 | 724 pages | 275 x 210 mm
Publisher: CSIRO Publishing
Colour plates, Illustrations

Features

Provides detailed accounts and keys to genera of Australian beetle families included in superfamily Curculionoidea (Nemonychidae, Anthribidae, Belidae, Attelabidae, Caridae, Brentidae and Curculionidae) and one subfamily of Cerambycidae (Lamiinae).
Richly illustrated with black and white drawings and photographs.
Includes colour habitus figures for about 900 beetle genera.
Originally planned as a three-volume series, the Australian Beetles series has now been expanded to include a generic level treatment of weevils, with five families included in Volume 3.

Preface
Dedication
Acknowledgments
Contributors to Volume 3

37. Superfamily Curculionoidea Latreille, 1802
Rolf G. Oberprieler, Debbie Jennings and Hermes E. Escalona

38. Nemonychidae Bedel, 1882
Hermes E. Escalona, Debbie Jennings and Rolf G. Oberprieler

39. Anthribidae Billberg, 1820
Hermes E. Escalona, Debbie Jennings and Rolf G. Oberprieler

40. Belidae Schoenherr, 1826
Hermes E. Escalona, Debbie Jennings and Rolf G. Oberprieler

41. Attelabidae Billberg, 1820
Hermes E. Escalona, Debbie Jennings and Rolf G. Oberprieler

42. Caridae Thompson, 1992
Hermes E. Escalona, Debbie Jennings and Rolf G. Oberprieler

43. Brentidae Billberg, 1820
Hermes E. Escalona, Marek Wanat, Debbie Jennings and Rolf G. Oberprieler

44. Curculionidae Latreille, 1802
Hermes E. Escalona, Debbie Jennings and Rolf G. Oberprieler

45. Curculionidae: Platypodinae Schuckard, 1840
James R. M. Bickerstaff, Deborah Kent, Rolf G. Oberprieler, Debbie Jennings and Hermes E. Escalona

46. Curculionidae: Scolytinae Latreille, 1806
James R. M. Bickerstaff, Sarah M. Smith, Anthony I. Cognato, Debbie Jennings, Rolf G. Oberprieler and Hermes E. Escalona

47. Cerambycidae Latreille, 1802
Adam Slipinski, Roger de Keyzer and Hermes E. Escalona

48. Cerambycidae: Lamiinae Latreille, 1825
Adam Slipinski, Lauren G. Ashman, Roger de Keyzer and Hermes E. Escalona

Colour plates
Index of generic and family group names

Authors

Hermes E. Escalona is the Zimmerman Fellow and curator at the Australian National Insect Collection, CSIRO. He is interested in systematics, morphological and molecular evolution of beetles with a current focus on weevils (Curculionidae) and small beetle families. He is the author of more than 50 research publications and co-author of Australian Longhorn Beetles (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) Volume 1 and Australian Longhorn Beetles (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) Volume 2.

Adam Slipinski is the Senior Principal Research Scientist and curator at the Australian National Insect Collection, CSIRO. His research concentrates on the phylogeny and higher classification of beetles. He is the author of nearly 200 research publications, a co-editor of Volumes 1 and 2 in the Australian Beetles Series, and co-author of Ladybird Beetles of the Australo-Pacific Region and Volumes 1, 2 and 3 in the Australian Longhorn Beetles Series.