12 New Weevil Species Discovered Across Japan, Malaysia, Vietnam, and Taiwan

Twelve new weevil species were discovered by Jake Lewis’s team at OIST, employing both innovative and classical taxonomy methods. Weevils are an exceptionally diverse group of beetles that includes many species with elephant trunk-like mouthparts, known as a rostrum. They provide numerous ecosystem services such as pollination and decomposition, although some species are notorious pests [...]

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