Fossil history of Mesozoic weevils （Coleoptera： Curculionoidea）

作     者：Andrei A. Legalov 

作者机构：Laboratory of Phylogeny and Faunogenesis Institute of Systemafics and Ecology of Animals SB RAS Novosibirsk Russia 

出 版 物：《Insect Science》 (昆虫科学（英文版）)

年 卷 期：2012年第19卷第6期

页      面：683-698页

核心收录：

学科分类：0710[理学-生物学] 070903[理学-古生物学与地层学(含：古人类学)] 0709[理学-地质学] 07[理学] 09[农学] 

主　　题：Coleoptera Curculionoidea faunistic analysis fossil record Mesozoic,trophic levels 

摘      要：The first synopsis of Mesozoic weevils （Curculionoidea： Coleoptera） is pre- sented. Changes of family, genera and species abundance during the Mesozoic revealed three distributional patterns. The Jurassic （Karatau） fauna was dominated by the Nemony- chidae. During the Early Cretaceous （beginning at the Jurassic/Cretaceous border）, the Ithyceridae was the prevalent group with a significant role played by the Nemonychidae. In the Late Cretaceous （Cenomanian and Turonian）, the major groups were the Curculion- idae and Brentidae. Obviously, the change of weevil fauna during this period was due to the expansion of the angiosperms, which provided multiple niches in their vegetative and reproductive organs for weevil development.