Volume 4 covers the phytophagous (plant-feeding) beetles in the superfamilies Chrysomeloidea and Curculionoidea, including the familiar and popular longhorn beetles, seed and leaf beetles, weevils and bark beetles. Chapters on the seed and leaf beetles, and their allies, are provided by the expert guest author Michael Cox.
Families in this volume:
Cerambycidae (longhorn beetles)
Megalopodidae (megalopodid leaf beetles)
Orsodacnidae (orsodacnid leaf beetles)
Chrysomelidae (seed and leaf beetles)
Nemonychidae (pollen weevils)
Anthribidae (fungus weevils)
Rhynchitidae (tooth-nosed snout weevils)
Attelabidae (leaf-rolling weevils)
Apionidae (apionid weevils)
Nanophyidae (nanophyid weevils)
Dryophthoridae (dryophthorid weevils)
Erirhinidae (erirhinid weevils)
Raymondionymidae (blind weevils)
Curculionidae (true weevils, bark beetles, and pinhole borers)