Weevils - Entomological Society of Canada

Acknowledgments
Several individuals contributed to the preparation of this volume.
To all those listed below I express my thanks. The excellent habitus
illustrations were prepared by Mr. Claude Paquette and the line
drawings were completed by Mr. Go Sato, both staff artists, Centre for
Land and Biological Resources Research. Jason R. Bright helped to
complete the distribution maps. Drs. E. C. Becker, Y. Bousquet, PT. Dang,
and A. Smetana, Centre for Land and Biological Resources Research,
reviewed an early draft of the manuscript. The final manuscript was
reviewed by Drs. R.A. Anderson and H.R. Burke, both at the
Department of Entomolory, Texas A & M University, College Station,
Tex., and by Dr. WE. Clark, Department of Entomolory, Auburn
University, Auburn, Ala. Mr. Robert Skidmore assisted in many ways
and his help is gratefully acknowledged. The manuscript was greatly
improved by their comments. Ms. Frances Smith, Research Program
Service, Agriculture Canada, edited and prepared this work for
publication. Her skillful editing and her patient, capable, and amiable
way of dealing with an obstinate author are much appreciated.
During the course of my studies on Canadian weevils, I examined
numerous specimens from various regional laboratories of the
Canadian Forestry Service and Agriculture Canada. These are not
individually listed in the text. I sincerely appreciate the help given to me
by the staffofthe laboratories.
In addition to these laboratories and the Canadian National
Collection, Ottawa, I examined specimens from various other
collections and I thank the following individuals for arranging to lend
me specimens: R.A. Cannings, British Columbia Provincial Museum,
Victoria, B,C.; B.E and J.L. Carr, Calgary, Alberta; D. Kavanaugh,
California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco, Calif.; R.A. Werner,
Institute of Northern Forestry U.S. Forest Service, Fairbanks, Ala.; E
Genier, Lyman Entomological Museum and Research Laboratory
McGill University, Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, Que.; S.D. Cannings,
Spencer Entomological Museum, University of British Columbia,
Vancouver, B.C.; D.R. Whitehead (deceased), United States Museum of
Natural History, Washington, D.C.; and R. Anderson, University of
Alberta. Edmonton. Alta.
Introduction
This is the first volume of a projected three-part series treating the
superfamily Curculionoidea of Canada and Alaska. This first volume
treats all families in the superfamily except Curculionidae, or true
weevils, which will be treated in the two subsequent volumes, and