baridine

plural baridines · alternative baradine

1. Any weevil of the curculionid subfamily Baridinae, known as flower weevils.

   The natural history of baridines is poorly known. (...) Many baridines can also be found in semi-aquatic habitats

   (Can we date this quote?), “Subfamily Baridinae - Flower Weevils - BugGuide.Net”, in BugGuide.Net

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   Although baridines are quite easily differentiated from most other weevil groups by their characteristic round shape and ascended mesepimeron, these traditional diagnostic characters certainly are not apomorphic to baridines only and, below the level of subfamily, baridine identification is difficult at best (Anderson 2002).

   2009, Steven R. Davis, “Morphology of Baridinae and related groups (Coleoptera, Curculionidae)”, in ProQuest

   Biology. Nothing is known about the life history of Pteridobaris species except that P. maritima and an undescribed species have been collected from ferns (Morimoto & Yoshihara 1996). The only other known baridines associated with ferns are species of the New World genera Lamprobaris Champion and Lissobaris Champion (A. Howden, J. Prena, unpubl. data).

   2022 March 16, “Pteridobaris maritima (Roelofs)”, in TreatmentBank

   Synonyms: flower weevil