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Observations on the ecology and behaviour of the New Zealand giraffe weevil (Lasiorhynchus barbicornis)

CJ PaintingSchool of Biological Sciences, University of Auckland, Auckland, New ZealandCorrespondence[email protected]
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GI HolwellSchool of Biological Sciences, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
Pages 147-153 | Received 16 Jul 2013, Accepted 03 Sep 2013, Published online: 11 Feb 2014

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Rebecca J. LeGrice, Gregory I. Holwell & Christina J. Painting. (2024) Sequential analysis reveals use of mutual assessment in contests between wild New Zealand giraffe weevils. New Zealand Journal of Zoology 51:2, pages 240-257.
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William D. Brockelsby, Colin M. Miskelly, Travis R. Glare & Maria A. Minor. (2023) The number of larval instars in the flax weevil (Anagotus fairburni) (Coleoptera: Curculionidae). New Zealand Journal of Zoology 0:0, pages 1-11.
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Ummat Somjee, Erin C. Powell, Anthony J. Hickey, Jon F. Harrison & Christina J. Painting. (2021) Exaggerated sexually selected weapons maintained with disproportionately low metabolic costs in a single species with extreme size variation. Functional Ecology 35:10, pages 2282-2293.
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David N. Fisher, Rebecca J. LeGrice & Christina J. Painting. (2021) Social selection is density dependent but makes little contribution to total selection in New Zealand giraffe weevils. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 288:1952, pages 20210696.
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Devin M. O'Brien, Romain P. Boisseau, Meghan Duell, Erin McCullough, Erin C. Powell, Ummat Somjee, Sarah Solie, Anthony J. Hickey, Gregory I. Holwell, Christina J. Painting & Douglas J. Emlen. (2019) Muscle mass drives cost in sexually selected arthropod weapons. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 286:1905, pages 20191063.
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Rebecca J. LeGrice, Gabriela Tezanos‐Pinto, Pierre de Villemereuil, Gregory I. Holwell & Christina J. Painting. (2019) Directional selection on body size but no apparent survival cost to being large in wild New Zealand giraffe weevils. Evolution 73:4, pages 762-776.
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Christina J Painting, Shelley Myers, Gregory I Holwell & Thomas R Buckley. (2017) Phylogeography of the New Zealand giraffe weevil Lasiorhynchus barbicornis (Coleoptera: Brentidae): A comparison of biogeographic boundaries. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 122:1, pages 13-28.
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Thomas R Buckley, Matt Krosch & Richard A B Leschen. (2014) Evolution of N ew Z ealand insects: summary and prospectus for future research . Austral Entomology 54:1, pages 1-27.
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Shelley S. Myers, Thomas R. Buckley & Gregory I. Holwell. (2015) Mate detection and seasonal variation in stick insect mating behaviour (Phamatodea: Clitarchus hookeri). Behaviour 152:10, pages 1325-1348.
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C. J. Painting, T. R. Buckley & G. I. Holwell. (2014) Weapon allometry varies with latitude in the N ew Z ealand giraffe weevil . Journal of Evolutionary Biology 27:12, pages 2864-2870.
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Christina J Painting, Thomas R Buckley & Gregory I Holwell. (2014) Male‐biased sexual size dimorphism and sex ratio in the N ew Z ealand G iraffe W eevil, L asiorhynchus barbicornis ( F abricius, 1775) ( C oleoptera: B rentidae) . Austral Entomology 53:3, pages 317-327.
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Christina. J. Painting & Gregory I. Holwell. (2014) Flexible alternative mating tactics by New Zealand giraffe weevils. Behavioral Ecology 25:6, pages 1409-1416.
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Christina J. Painting & Gregory I. Holwell. (2014) Exaggerated rostra as weapons and the competitive assessment strategy of male giraffe weevils. Behavioral Ecology 25:5, pages 1223-1232.
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