Weevils, weevils, weevils everywhere * Author Oberprieler, Rolf G. Author Marvaldi, Adriana E. Author Anderson, Robert S. text Zootaxa 2007 1668 491 520 journal article 37514 10.5281/zenodo.274039 2d13c1a2-0d8f-4031-986a-3900e879582c 1175-5326 274039

TABLE 1. Increase in species numbers of some weevil taxa after recent sampling and study.

Taxon	Reference	Region Species before	Species after	Factor of Host increase
Tychius (Curculioninae)	Caldara 1986, 1989a, 1996	southern Africa 7	35	5.0 Aspalathus, Indigofera (Fabaceae)
Sibinia (Curculioninae)	Caldara 1989b, 1993	southern Africa 14	59	4.2 several genera of Aizoaceae
Bagous (Curculioninae)	O’Brien & Askevold 1992	Australia 3	27	9.0 aquatics (monocotyledons, also ferns and dicotyledons)
Urodontinae (Anthribidae)	Louw 1993	southern Africa 13	31	2.4 Mesembryanthemaceae, Aizoaceae, Iridaceae
Nemonychidae	Kuschel 1994	Australia 2	20	10.0 Araucara, Agathis (Araucariaceae)
Allocorynina (Belidae)	Oberprieler 1995b, 1996, unpubl.	Central America 4	20	5.0 Zamia, Dioon (Zamiaceae)
Tychiodes (Curculioninae)	Oberprieler 1995b, 1996, unpubl., Tang et al. 1999	South-East Asia 3	33	11.0 Cycas (Cycadaceae)
Amorphocerini (Curculioninae)	Oberprieler 1995b, 1996, Downie et al. in prep.	southern Africa 7	25	3.6 Encephalartos (Zamiaceae)
Tranes (Curculioninae)	Oberprieler 1995b, 1996, unpubl.	Australia 3	9	3.0 Macrozamia, Lepidozamia (Zamiaceae)
Phaenomerus (Curculioninae)	Thompson 1996	Australia 3	25	8.3 Curculionidae: Platypodinae
Euops (Attelabidae)	Riedel 1999, 2001a,b,c, 2006	New Guinea 12	84	7.0 mainly Eucalyptus (Myrtaceae)
Ceutorhynchus (Curculioninae)	Colonnelli 2006	Africa 2	9	4.5 Heliophylla (Brassicaceae)
Metrioxena (Oxycoryninae)	Marvaldi et al. 2006	South-East Asia 12	29	2.4 Arenga (Arecaceae)
Cryptolarynx (Brachycerinae)	Oberprieler unpubl.	southern Africa 2	18	9.0 Moraea (Iridaceae)
Caridae	Oberprieler, Riedel, unpubl.	Australia & 3 New Guinea	19	6.3 Callitris (Cupressaceae), Podocarpus (Podocarpaceae)
Total		90	443	4.9