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Part of an eight-volume set providing a comprehensive study of the Australian weevils, this first volume focuses on anthribidae to attelabidae. 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 agriculture, forestry, quarantine, state and national parks, environmental studies, specialists and naturalists in Australia, and other countries.

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The appearance of these impressive volumes is one more sign of the flourishing state of entomology in the antipodes . . . Dr Zimmerman never forgets that the study of Curculionoidea is a human activity; he writes in the manner of a cultured human being . . . such qualities are too rarely seen in major works of modern scientific specialists of any variety, and makes for unusual pleasure in reading this one. RA Crowson, Systematic Entomology

-The appearance of these impressive volumes is one more sign of the flourishing state of entomology in the antipodes . . . Dr Zimmerman never forgets that the study of Curculionoidea is a human activity; he writes in the manner of a cultured human being . . . such qualities are too rarely seen in major works of modern scientific specialists of any variety, and makes for unusual pleasure in reading this one.- RA Crowson, Systematic Entomology--RA Crowson -Systematic Entomology - -This work will represent the largest-ever treatise of the most diverse group of beetles, and will be the most profusely illustrated work ever published on weevils . . . a reference work for not only coleopterists but all entomological institutions and libraries.- The appearance of these impressive volumes is one more sign of the flourishing state of entomology in the antipodes . . . Dr Zimmerman never forgets that the study of Curculionoidea is a human activity; he writes in the manner of a cultured human being . . . such qualities are too rarely seen in major works of modern scientific specialists of any variety, and makes for unusual pleasure in reading this one. RA Crowson, Systematic Entomology--RA Crowson Systematic Entomology This work will represent the largest-ever treatise of the most diverse group of beetles, and will be the most profusely illustrated work ever published on weevils . . . a reference work for not only coleopterists but all entomological institutions and libraries.

-The appearance of these impressive volumes is one more sign of the flourishing state of entomology in the antipodes . . . Dr Zimmerman never forgets that the study of Curculionoidea is a human activity; he writes in the manner of a cultured human being . . . such qualities are too rarely seen in major works of modern scientific specialists of any variety, and makes for unusual pleasure in reading this one.-RA Crowson, Systematic Entomology--RA Crowson -Systematic Entomology - -This work will represent the largest-ever treatise of the most diverse group of beetles, and will be the most profusely illustrated work ever published on weevils . . . a reference work for not only coleopterists but all entomological institutions and libraries.- The appearance of these impressive volumes is one more sign of the flourishing state of entomology in the antipodes . . . Dr Zimmerman never forgets that the study of Curculionoidea is a human activity; he writes in the manner of a cultured human being . . . such qualities are too rarely seen in major works of modern scientific specialists of any variety, and makes for unusual pleasure in reading this one. RA Crowson, Systematic Entomology--RA Crowson Systematic Entomology This work will represent the largest-ever treatise of the most diverse group of beetles, and will be the most profusely illustrated work ever published on weevils . . . a reference work for not only coleopterists but all entomological institutions and libraries.

The appearance of these impressive volumes is one more sign of the flourishing state of entomology in the antipodes . . . Dr Zimmerman never forgets that the study of Curculionoidea is a human activity; he writes in the manner of a cultured human being . . . such qualities are too rarely seen in major works of modern scientific specialists of any variety, and makes for unusual pleasure in reading this one. RA Crowson, Systematic Entomology--RA Crowson Systematic Entomology

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