title: Revision of Bondariella Hustache & Bondar (Coleoptera: Curculionidae), with descriptions of the first species from the Amazon and notes on natural history.
abstract: Bondariella Hustache & Bondar, 1942 is revised. In addition to the redescription of the genus and its four previously known species, we report and describe the first species from the Amazonian region: Bondariella rudicula sp. nov. and Bondariella crenata sp. nov. We also provide a key to the species, illustrations and notes on natural history. All six species of Bondariella have been collected on palm flowers from Brazil, with the previously known species having only been recorded from species of Syagrus Mart. from the Atlantic Forest and Caatinga biomes. The two new species have only been recorded from species of Euterpe Mart. from the Amazon biome. Future work may prove if the associations with Syagrus and Euterpe are specific to the biomes.
authors.affiliation: Universidade Federal do Pará, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Laboratório de Invertebrados.; Email: rvalente@ufpa.br.
authors.forename: Roberta De Melo
authors.initials: Rde M
authors.lastname: Valente
authors.affiliation: Universidade Federal do Pará, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Laboratório de Invertebrados.; Email: unknown.
authors.forename: Mariano Brandão
authors.initials: MB
authors.lastname: Cordeiro Júnior
mesh_terms: D063147:Animal Distribution; D000825:Animal Structures / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000254:growth & development; D000818:Animals; D049628:Body Size; D001938:Brazil; D005260:Female; D008297:Male; D009929:Organ Size; D048889:Weevils / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000145:classification* / Q000254:growth & development