New phylogenetic insights into the evolution of West Indian entimine weevils (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) with an emphasis on Cuban lineages

Wednesday, November 13, 2013: 9:26 AM
Meeting Room 5 ABC (Austin Convention Center)
Guanyang Zhang , School of Life Sciences, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ
Nico M. Franz , School of Life Sciences, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ
We review existing morphological insights and incorporate new molecular evidence into an emerging phylogenetic framework addressing the evolution and historical biogeography of West Indian entimine weevils (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Entiminae) in the Exophthalmus genus complex and related lineages.