Genus Atelicus Waterhouse, 1862

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• Atelicus Waterhouse, G.R. 1862. Notes on the Strongylorhinus ochraceus of Schoenherr, and descriptions of two nearly allied species of Curculionidae. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London III 1: 227-231 [228].

  Type species:

   Atelicus ferrugineus Waterhouse, 1862 by included Species.Atelicus inaequalis Waterhouse, 1862 by included Species.Atelicus inaequalis Waterhouse, 1862 by subsequent designation, see Lea, A.M. 1927. The clawless and apparently clawless Curculionidae of Australia. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 51: 144-168 [146].
• Platyurus Blanchard, C.E. 1853. Description des Insectes. pp. 1-422 in Hombron, J.B. & Jacquinot, H. (eds). Voyage au Pôle Sud et dans l'Océanie sur les Corvettes l'Astrolabe et la Zélée; exécuté par ordre du Roi pendant les années 1837–1840. Zoologie. Paris : Gide & Baudry Vol. 4. [241] [junior homonym; non Oken, 1836, nec Swainson, 1837, nec Gray, 1845, nec Agassiz, 1846].

  Type species:

   Platyurus brevicornis Blanchard, 1853 by monotypy.
• Peltochirus Lacordaire, 1863 [invalid name; not available: published as a synonym and not subsequently validated].

  Type species:

   Atelicus inaequalis Waterhouse, 1862 by monotypy.
• Brendamaya Alonso-Zarazaga, M.A. & Lyal, C.H.C. 1999. A world catalogue of families and genera of Curculionoidea (Insecta: Coleoptera) (excepting Scolytidae and Platypodidae). Barcelona : Entomopraxis 315 pp. [Date published 27-XII-1999] [11] [replacement name; for Platyurus Blanchard].

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Pullen, K.R., Jennings, D. & Oberprieler, R.G. 2014. Annotated catalogue of Australian weevils (Coleoptera: Curculionoidea). Zootaxa 3896(1): 1-481 [26] (for Brendamaya Alonso-Zarazaga & Lyal, 1999)

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