History of changes

History of changes

• Dryophthorus Germar, E.F. 1824. Insectorum species novae aut minus cognitae, descriptionibus illustratae: Coleoptera. Halae : J.C. Hendel et Fil Vol. 1 xxiv 624 pp. 2 pls. [302] [nomen protectum].

  Type species:

   Curculio lymexylon Fabricius, 1792 (=Curculio corticalis Paykull, 1792) by monotypy.
• Bulbifer Dejean, P.F.M.A. 1821. Catalogue de la Collection de Coléoptères de M. le Baron Dejean. Paris : Crevot, Libraire viii 136 pp. [99] [nomen oblitum; rejected name (ICZN, 1987)].

  Type species:

   Curculio lymexylon Fabricius, 1792 (= Curculio corticalis Paykull, 1792) by monotypy.
• Dryophora Berthold, A.A. 1827. Latreille's Natürliche Familien des Thierreichs. Aus dem Franzosischen, mit Anmerkungen und Zusützen. Weimar : Verlage Landes-Industrie-Comptoirs Vol. x xiii, 606 pp. [391] [replacement name; for Dryophthore Latreille, 1825].
• Tetratemnus Wollaston, T.V. 1873. On the Cossonidae of Japan. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 1873(1): 5-43 [Date published March 1873] [9] [subjective synonym].

  Type species:

   Tetratemnus sculpturatus Wollaston, 1873 by monotypy.
• Tetraspartus Pascoe, F.P. 1885. List of the Curculionidae of the Malay Archipelago collected by Dr. Odoardo Beccari, L.M. d'Albertis, and others. Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale, Genova 2 22: 201-332, pls 1-3 [309] [subjective synonym].

  Type species:

   Tetraspartus bagoides Pascoe, 1885 by monotypy.

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Konishi, M. 1963. On the Japanese species of the genus Dryophthorus Schoenherr, with descriptions of two new species (Coleoptera : Curculionidae). Insecta Matsumurana 25(2): 124-128, fig. 1 [124] (for Tetratemnus)

Introduction

Zimmerman (1993: 122-126, figs 61-63) notes and illustrates two new species, and Zimmerman (1994: 641) again notes that two undescribed species are known in Australia.

General References

Zimmerman, E.C. 1993. Australian weevils (Coleoptera: Curculionoidea). Melbourne : CSIRO Publications Vol. III Nanophyidae, Rhynchophoridae, Erirhinidae, Curculionidae: Amycterinae, Literature consulted 854 pp. [Date published 1 October] [122-126]

Zimmerman, E.C. 1994. Australian weevils (Coleoptera: Curculionoidea). Melbourne : CSIRO Vol. 2. Brentidae, Eurhynchidae, Apionidae and a chapter on immature stages by Brenda May pp. i-x, 1-755. [Date published 28 February]

History of changes

• Dryophthorus assimilis Gahan, C.J. 1900. Order 4. Coleoptera. pp. 89-127 in Andrews, C.W. (ed.). A Monograph of Christmas Island (Indian Ocean): physical features and geology; with descriptions of the fauna and flora by numerous contributors. London : British Museum (Natural History) xiii 337 pp. [116].

History of changes

Introduction

Undescribed species of Zimmerman (1993).

General References

Zimmerman, E.C. 1993. Australian weevils (Coleoptera: Curculionoidea). Melbourne : CSIRO Publications Vol. III Nanophyidae, Rhynchophoridae, Erirhinidae, Curculionidae: Amycterinae, Literature consulted 854 pp. [Date published 1 October] [126]

History of changes

• Stenommatus Wollaston, T.V. 1873. On the genera of the Cossonidae. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 1873(4): 427-657 [Date published Oct. 1873] [442].

  Type species:

   Stenommatus fryi Wollaston, 1873 by monotypy.

Introduction

Zimmerman (1993: 127, fig. 64) illustrates a new undescribed species, and Zimmerman (1994: 652) notes again that the species in Australia is undescribed.

General References

Zimmerman, E.C. 1993. Australian weevils (Coleoptera: Curculionoidea). Melbourne : CSIRO Publications Vol. III Nanophyidae, Rhynchophoridae, Erirhinidae, Curculionidae: Amycterinae, Literature consulted 854 pp. [Date published 1 October] [127-128]

Zimmerman, E.C. 1994. Australian weevils (Coleoptera: Curculionoidea). Melbourne : CSIRO Vol. 2. Brentidae, Eurhynchidae, Apionidae and a chapter on immature stages by Brenda May pp. i-x, 1-755. [Date published 28 February]

History of changes

Introduction

Undescribed species of Zimmerman (1993).

General References

Zimmerman, E.C. 1993. Australian weevils (Coleoptera: Curculionoidea). Melbourne : CSIRO Publications Vol. III Nanophyidae, Rhynchophoridae, Erirhinidae, Curculionidae: Amycterinae, Literature consulted 854 pp. [Date published 1 October] [128]

History of changes

History of changes

• Cosmopolites Chevrolat, L.A.A. 1885. Calandrides. Nouveaux genres et nouvelles espèces, observations, synonymies, doubles emplois de noms de genres et d'espèces, etc. 3e partie. Annales de la Société Entomologique de France 6 5: 275-292 [Date published XII-1885] [289].

  Type species:

   Calandra sordida Germar, 1824 by original designation.

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland

Other Regions

Christmas Island terrestrial & freshwater, Cocos (Keeling) Islands terrestrial & freshwater

History of changes

• Calandra sordida Germar, E.F. 1824. Insectorum species novae aut minus cognitae, descriptionibus illustratae: Coleoptera. Halae : J.C. Hendel et Fil Vol. 1 xxiv 624 pp. 2 pls. [299].
• Sphenophorus striatus Schoenherr, C.J. 1845. Genera et species curculionidum, cum synonymia hujus familiae. Species novae aut hactenus minus cognitae, descriptionibus a Dom. Leonardo Gyllenhal, C.H. Boheman, et entomologis aliis illustratae. Paris : Roret Vol. 8(2) pp. 1-504. [251] [subjective synonym].
• Sphenophorus cribricollis Walker, F. 1859. Characters of some apparently undescribed Ceylon insects. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 3 4: 217-224 [Date published 31/12/1859] [218] [subjective synonym].

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Marshall, G.A.K. 1930. New Curculionidae with notes on synonymy. Annals and Magazine of Natural History x 6: 551-577, figs 1-3 [576] (for Sphenophorus cribricollis)

Generic Combinations

• Cosmopolites sordidus (Germar, 1824). —
  Chevrolat, L.A.A. 1885. Calandrides. Nouveaux genres et nouvelles espèces, observations, synonymies, doubles emplois de noms de genres et d'espèces, etc. 3e partie. Annales de la Société Entomologique de France 6 5: 275-292 [Date published XII-1885] [289]

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Introduced from Oriental region.

Other Regions

Christmas Island terrestrial & freshwater, Cocos (Keeling) Islands terrestrial & freshwater

General References

Hawkeswood, T.J. 1987. Beetles of Australia. North Ryde, NSW : Angus & Robertson 248 pp. [117; pl. 174]

History of changes

• Diathetes Pascoe, F.P. 1874. Contributions towards a knowledge of the Curculionidae. Part IV. Journal of the Linnean Society of London, Zoology 12: 1-99, pls 1-4 [71].

  Type species:

   Diathetes ruficollis Pascoe, 1874 by subsequent designation.
• Dialtates Chevrolat, 1880 [subsequent misspelling].
• Diasthetus Heller, 1924 [subsequent misspelling].
• Calodiasthetus Heller, K.M. 1924. Neue Philippinische Bock- und Rüsselkäfer aus der Sammlung von Prof. C.F. Baker. Wiener Entomologische Zeitung 41: 163-180 [179] [subjective synonym; described as a subgenus of Diathetes].

  Type species:

   Diasthetus (Calodiasthetus) marshalli Heller, 1924 by monotypy.
• Calodiastethus Günther, 1941 [subsequent misspelling].
• Listrodiathetes Zimmerman, E.C. 1993. Australian weevils (Coleoptera: Curculionoidea). Melbourne : CSIRO Publications Vol. III Nanophyidae, Rhynchophoridae, Erirhinidae, Curculionidae: Amycterinae, Literature consulted 854 pp. [Date published 1 October] [72] [subjective synonym; described as a subgenus of Diathetes Pascoe].

  Type species:

   Diathetes signaticollis Faust, 1899 by original designation.
• Megadiathetes Zimmerman, E.C. 1993. Australian weevils (Coleoptera: Curculionoidea). Melbourne : CSIRO Publications Vol. III Nanophyidae, Rhynchophoridae, Erirhinidae, Curculionidae: Amycterinae, Literature consulted 854 pp. [Date published 1 October] [73] [subjective synonym; described as a subgenus of Diathetes Pascoe].

  Type species:

   Sphenophorus schoenherri Gyllenhal, 1838 by original designation.

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

History of changes

• Diathetes morio Pascoe, F.P. 1874. Contributions towards a knowledge of the Curculionidae. Part IV. Journal of the Linnean Society of London, Zoology 12: 1-99, pls 1-4 [73].

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Zimmerman, E.C. 1993. Australian weevils (Coleoptera: Curculionoidea). Melbourne : CSIRO Publications Vol. III Nanophyidae, Rhynchophoridae, Erirhinidae, Curculionidae: Amycterinae, Literature consulted 854 pp. [Date published 1 October] [71] (suggested syn. of Barystethus hemiscotus Chevrolat, 1881)

Generic Combinations

• Diathetes (Diathetes) morio (Pascoe, 1874). —
  Zimmerman, E.C. 1993. Australian weevils (Coleoptera: Curculionoidea). Melbourne : CSIRO Publications Vol. III Nanophyidae, Rhynchophoridae, Erirhinidae, Curculionidae: Amycterinae, Literature consulted 854 pp. [Date published 1 October] [62, 64, 71]

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland

History of changes

• Sphenophorus schoenherri Schoenherr, C.J. 1838. Genera et species curculionidum, cum synonymia hujus familiae. Species novae aut hactenus minus cognitae, descriptionibus a Dom. Leonardo Gyllenhal, C.H. Boheman, et entomologis aliis illustratae. Paris : Roret Vol. 4(2) pp. 601-1121 (+1122-1124, Corrigenda). [875].

Generic Combinations

• Diathetes (Megadiathetes) schoenherri (Gyllenhal, 1838). —
  Zimmerman, E.C. 1993. Australian weevils (Coleoptera: Curculionoidea). Melbourne : CSIRO Publications Vol. III Nanophyidae, Rhynchophoridae, Erirhinidae, Curculionidae: Amycterinae, Literature consulted 854 pp. [Date published 1 October] [73]

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland

History of changes

• Diathetes signaticollis Faust, J. 1899. Viaggio di Lamberto Loria nella Papuasia Orientale xxiii. Curculionidae [Curculionidae von Neu Guinea]. Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale, Genova 2 20: 1-130 [120].

Generic Combinations

• Diathetes (Listrodiathetes) signaticollis (Faust, 1899). —
  Zimmerman, E.C. 1993. Australian weevils (Coleoptera: Curculionoidea). Melbourne : CSIRO Publications Vol. III Nanophyidae, Rhynchophoridae, Erirhinidae, Curculionidae: Amycterinae, Literature consulted 854 pp. [Date published 1 October] [72]

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

History of changes

• Diocalandra Faust, J. 1894. Viaggio di Leonardo Fea in Birmania e regioni vicine. LX. Curculionidae. Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale, Genova 34: 153-370 [353].

  Type species:

   Calandra frumenti Fabricius, 1801 by monotypy.

History of changes

• Calandra frumenti Fabricius, J.C. 1801. Systema Eleutheratorum secundum ordines, genera, species: adiectis synonymis, locis, observationibus, descriptionibus. Kiliae : Bibliopolii Academici Novi Vol. II 687 pp. [438].
• Calandra bifasciata Boisduval, J.A. 1835. Voyage de Découvertes de l'Astrolabe exécuté par ordre du Roi, pendant les années 1826–1827–1828–1829, sous le commandement de M.J. Dumont d'Urville. Faune Entomologique de l'Océan Pacifique, avec l'illustration des insectes nouveaux recueillis pendant le voyage. 2me Partie. Coléoptères et autres Ordres. Paris : J. Tastu vii 716 pp. [Date published 27-III-1835] [445] [subjective synonym].
• Sitophilus subfasciatus Schoenherr, C.J. 1838. Genera et species curculionidum, cum synonymia hujus familiae. Species novae aut hactenus minus cognitae, descriptionibus a Dom. Leonardo Gyllenhal, C.H. Boheman, et entomologis aliis illustratae. Paris : Roret Vol. 4(2) pp. 601-1121 (+1122-1124, Corrigenda). [971] [subjective synonym].
• Sitophilus stigmaticollis Schoenherr, C.J. 1838. Genera et species curculionidum, cum synonymia hujus familiae. Species novae aut hactenus minus cognitae, descriptionibus a Dom. Leonardo Gyllenhal, C.H. Boheman, et entomologis aliis illustratae. Paris : Roret Vol. 4(2) pp. 601-1121 (+1122-1124, Corrigenda). [972] [subjective synonym].
• Sitophilus subsignatus Schoenherr, C.J. 1838. Genera et species curculionidum, cum synonymia hujus familiae. Species novae aut hactenus minus cognitae, descriptionibus a Dom. Leonardo Gyllenhal, C.H. Boheman, et entomologis aliis illustratae. Paris : Roret Vol. 4(2) pp. 601-1121 (+1122-1124, Corrigenda). [973] [subjective synonym].
• Sphenophorus cruciger Motschulsky, V. 1858. Insectes des Indes orientales. Études Entomologiques 7: 20-122 [69] [subjective synonym].
• Sphenophorus palmarum Montrouzier, X. 1861. Essai sur la faune entomologique de la Nouvelle-Calédonie (Balade) et des îles des Pins, Art, Lifu, etc. Annales de la Société Entomologique de France 3 8(4): 867-916, pl. 7 [Date published 12-V-1861] [911] [subjective synonym].
• Calandra montrouzieri Chevrolat, L.A.A. 1882. Note synonymique relative aux Coléoptères Curculionites de la tribu des Calandrides. Annales de la Société Entomologique de France 6 2(3): CXXXVII-CXL [Date published XI-1882] [CXXXVIII] [replacement name; for Sphenophorus palmarum Montrouzier].
• Calandra punctigera Pascoe, F.P. 1885. List of the Curculionidae of the Malay Archipelago collected by Dr. Odoardo Beccari, L.M. d'Albertis, and others. Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale, Genova 2 22: 201-332, pls 1-3 [305] [subjective synonym].
• Calandra sechellarum Kolbe, H.J. 1910. Die Coleopterenfauna der Seychellen. Nebst Betrachtungen über die Tiergeographie dieser Inselgruppe. Mitteilungen aus dem Zoologischen Museum in Berlin 5: 1-49 [46] [subjective synonym].

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Heller, K.M. 1927. Bestimmungsschlüssel aussereuropäischer Käfer: Calandrini spurii (Laogenia etc.) und Verwandte. (Schluss.). Entomologische Blätter 23(1): 1-14 [2] (for Sphenophorus palmarum and Calandra punctigera)
• Zimmerman, E.C. 1993. Australian weevils (Coleoptera: Curculionoidea). Melbourne : CSIRO Publications Vol. III Nanophyidae, Rhynchophoridae, Erirhinidae, Curculionidae: Amycterinae, Literature consulted 854 pp. [Date published 1 October] [99] (for Calandra bifasciata)

Generic Combinations

• Sitophilus frumenti (Fabricius, 1801). —
  Schoenherr, C.J. 1838. Genera et species curculionidum, cum synonymia hujus familiae. Species novae aut hactenus minus cognitae, descriptionibus a Dom. Leonardo Gyllenhal, C.H. Boheman, et entomologis aliis illustratae. Paris : Roret Vol. 4(2) pp. 601-1121 (+1122-1124, Corrigenda). [982]
• Diocalandra frumenti (Fabricius, 1801). —
  Faust, J. 1894. Viaggio di Leonardo Fea in Birmania e regioni vicine. LX. Curculionidae. Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale, Genova 34: 153-370 [354]
• Diocalandra frumenti stigmaticollis (Gyllenhal, 1838). —
  Faust, J. 1899. Curculioniden aus dem Congo gebiet in der Sammlung des Brusseler Koniglichen Museums. Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique (Comptes-rendus) 43: 388-436 [428]
• Calandra stigmaticollis (Gyllenhal, 1838). —
  Kolbe, H.J. 1910. Die Coleopterenfauna der Seychellen. Nebst Betrachtungen über die Tiergeographie dieser Inselgruppe. Mitteilungen aus dem Zoologischen Museum in Berlin 5: 1-49 [46]

History of changes

• Iphthimorhinus Roelofs, W. 1892. Deux nouveaux genres et deux nouvelles espèces du groupe des rhynchophorides. Notes from the Leyden Museum 14: 207-212 [207].

  Type species:

   Iphthimorhinus australasiae Roelofs, 1892 by monotypy.
• Flamingorhynchus Heller, K.M. 1901. Dritter Beitrag zur Papuanischen Käferfauna. Abhandlungen und Berichte des Königlichen Zoologischen und Anthropologische-Ethnographischen Museums zu Dresden 10: 1-20 [18] [subjective synonym].

  Type species:

   Flamingorhynchus weiskei Heller, 1901 (= Iphthimorhinus australasiae Roelofs, 1892) by monotypy.

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland

History of changes

• Iphthimorhinus australasiae Roelofs, W. 1892. Deux nouveaux genres et deux nouvelles espèces du groupe des rhynchophorides. Notes from the Leyden Museum 14: 207-212 [208].
• Flamingorhynchus weiskei Heller, K.M. 1901. Dritter Beitrag zur Papuanischen Käferfauna. Abhandlungen und Berichte des Königlichen Zoologischen und Anthropologische-Ethnographischen Museums zu Dresden 10: 1-20 [19] [subjective synonym].
• Flamingorhynchus helleri Bovie, A. 1903. Un curculionide nouveau d'Australie. Bulletin et Annales de la Société Malacologique de Belgique 47: 306 [Date published 30-IX-1903] [306] [subjective synonym].

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Günther, K. 1941. Erganzungen und Berichtigungen zu Coleopterorum Catalogus, pars 149: Rhynchophorinae (Curcul.), mit einigen Neubeschreibungen. Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift 1941: 24-53, figs 1-15 [29] (for F. helleri)
• Zimmerman, E.C. 1993. Australian weevils (Coleoptera: Curculionoidea). Melbourne : CSIRO Publications Vol. III Nanophyidae, Rhynchophoridae, Erirhinidae, Curculionidae: Amycterinae, Literature consulted 854 pp. [Date published 1 October] [75] (tentative syn. of F. weiskei)

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland

History of changes

• Polytus Faust, J. 1894. Viaggio di Leonardo Fea in Birmania e regioni vicine. LX. Curculionidae. Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale, Genova 34: 153-370 [353].

  Type species:

   Sitophilus mellerborgii Boheman, 1838 by original designation.

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland

History of changes

• Sitophilus mellerborgii Schoenherr, C.J. 1838. Genera et species curculionidum, cum synonymia hujus familiae. Species novae aut hactenus minus cognitae, descriptionibus a Dom. Leonardo Gyllenhal, C.H. Boheman, et entomologis aliis illustratae. Paris : Roret Vol. 4(2) pp. 601-1121 (+1122-1124, Corrigenda). [976].
• Calandra remota Sharp, D. 1885. Memoirs on the Coleoptera of the Hawaiian Islands, with Thomas Blackburn. Scientific Transactions of the Royal Dublin Society II 3: 119-290, pls 4-5 [183, 254] [subjective synonym].
• Sphenophorus musaecola Fairmaire, L. 1898. Materiaux pour la faune coléopterique de la Région Malgache. Note 7. Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique (Comptes-rendus) 42: 463-499 [489] [subjective synonym].

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Champion, G.C. 1914. Coleoptera, Curculionidae. [Reports of the Percy Sladen Trust expedition to the Indian Ocean in 1905, under the leadership of Mr. J. Stanley Gardner, M.A. Vol. 5. XIX]. Transactions of the Linnean Society of London 2nd Series Zoology 16(4): 393-497 + pls 22-24 [Date published VI-1914] [493] (for Calandra remota)
• Hustache, A. 1924. Synopsis des curculionides de Madagascar. Bulletin de l'Académie malgache II 7(7): 1-582 [503] (for Sphenophorus musaecola)

Generic Combinations

• Calandra mellerborgii (Boheman, 1838). —
  Gemminger, M. & Harold, E. von 1871. Curculionidae. Coleopterorum Catalogus 8: 2181-2668 [2653] (as C. mellenborgi)
• Polytus mellerborgii (Boheman, 1838). —
  Faust, J. 1894. Viaggio di Leonardo Fea in Birmania e regioni vicine. LX. Curculionidae. Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale, Genova 34: 153-370 [353] (as P. mellenborgi)

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Introduced from Oriental region.

History of changes

• Rhabdoscelus Marshall, G.A.K. 1943. New Indian Curculionidae (Col.). Annals and Magazine of Natural History XI 10: 105-119 [119] [replacement name; for Rhabdocnemis Faust, 1893].
• Rhabdocnemis Faust, J. 1893. Notizen über Rüsselkäfer. Stettiner Entomologische Zeitung 54: 145-152 [150] [junior homonym; non Pomel, 1872].

  Type species:

   Sphenophorus maculatus Gyllenhal, 1838 by subsequent designation, see Faust, J. 1894. Viaggio di Leonardo Fea in Birmania e regioni vicine. LX. Curculionidae. Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale, Genova 34: 153-370 [348].

History of changes

• Sphenophorus interstitialis Boheman, C.H. 1859. Coleoptera. Species novas descripsit. pp. 113-218 in Virgin, C.A. Kongliga Svenska Fregatten Eugenies Resa omkring jorden under befäl af C.A. Virgin Åhren 1851-1853. Vettenskapliga iakttagelser på H.M. Konung Oscar Den Förstes befallning. Stockholm : P.A. Norstedt & Söner 1-617, pl. I-IX. [148].

Generic Combinations

• Rhabdoscelus interstitialis (Boheman, 1859). —
  Zimmerman, E.C. 1993. Australian weevils (Coleoptera: Curculionoidea). Melbourne : CSIRO Publications Vol. III Nanophyidae, Rhynchophoridae, Erirhinidae, Curculionidae: Amycterinae, Literature consulted 854 pp. [Date published 1 October] [82]
• Calandra interstitialis (Boheman, 1859). —
  Csiki, E. 1936. Curculionidae: Rhynchophorinae, Cossoninae. Coleopterorum Catalogus 149: 1-212 [Date published 15-VIII-1936] [54]

History of changes

• Calandra obscura Boisduval, J.A. 1835. Voyage de Découvertes de l'Astrolabe exécuté par ordre du Roi, pendant les années 1826–1827–1828–1829, sous le commandement de M.J. Dumont d'Urville. Faune Entomologique de l'Océan Pacifique, avec l'illustration des insectes nouveaux recueillis pendant le voyage. 2me Partie. Coléoptères et autres Ordres. Paris : J. Tastu vii 716 pp. [Date published 27-III-1835] [448].
• Sphenophorus insularis Boheman, C.H. 1859. Coleoptera. Species novas descripsit. pp. 113-218 in Virgin, C.A. Kongliga Svenska Fregatten Eugenies Resa omkring jorden under befäl af C.A. Virgin Åhren 1851-1853. Vettenskapliga iakttagelser på H.M. Konung Oscar Den Förstes befallning. Stockholm : P.A. Norstedt & Söner 1-617, pl. I-IX. [148] [subjective synonym].
• Sphenophorus nudicollis Kirsch, Th. 1877. Beitrag zur Kenntniss der Coleopteren-fauna von Neu Guinea. Mitteilungen aus dem K. Zoologischen museum zu Dresden 2: 137-161 [156] [subjective synonym].
• Sphenophorus sulcipes Karsch, F. 1881. Zur Käferfauna der Sandwich-, Marshall- und Gilberts-Inseln. Berliner Entomologische Zeitschrift 25(1): 1-13 [11; pl. 1 fig. 16] [subjective synonym].
• Sphenophorus promissus Pascoe, F.P. 1885. List of the Curculionidae of the Malay Archipelago collected by Dr. Odoardo Beccari, L.M. d'Albertis, and others. Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale, Genova 2 22: 201-332, pls 1-3 [300] [subjective synonym].
• Sphenophorus beccarii Pascoe, F.P. 1885. List of the Curculionidae of the Malay Archipelago collected by Dr. Odoardo Beccari, L.M. d'Albertis, and others. Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale, Genova 2 22: 201-332, pls 1-3 [301] [subjective synonym].
• Sphenophorus tincturatus Pascoe, F.P. 1885. List of the Curculionidae of the Malay Archipelago collected by Dr. Odoardo Beccari, L.M. d'Albertis, and others. Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale, Genova 2 22: 201-332, pls 1-3 [301] [subjective synonym].
• Sphenophorus interruptecostatus Schaufuss, L.W. 1885. Beitrag zur fauna der Niederlaendischen besitzungen auf den Sunda-Inseln. Horae Societatis Entomologicae Rossicae 19: 183-209 [204] [subjective synonym].
• Rhabdocnemis fausti Gahan, C.J. in Waterhouse, C.O., Gahan, C.J. & Arrow, G.J. 1900. Order 4.-Coleoptera. New species descriptions. pp. 89-127 in Andrews, C.W. (ed.). A Monograph of Christmas Island (Indian Ocean): physical features and geology; with descriptions of the fauna and flora by numerous contributors. London : British Museum (Natural History) xiii 337 pp. [113] [subjective synonym].

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Fairmaire, L. 1883. Essai sur les Coléoptères de l'archipel de la Nouvelle-Bretagne. Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique (Comptes-rendus) 27(2): 1-58 [41] (for Sphenophorus insularis)
• Heller, K.M. 1898. Neue Käfer von Celebes III. Abhandlungen und Berichte des Königlichen Zoologischen und Anthropologische-Ethnographischen Museums zu Dresden 7(3): 1-41 [Date published 20-VI-1898] [34] (Sphenophorus interruptecostatus is syn. of S. tincturatus)
• Faust, J. 1899. Viaggio di Lamberto Loria nella Papuasia Orientale xxiii. Curculionidae [Curculionidae von Neu Guinea]. Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale, Genova 2 20: 1-130 [121]
• Zimmerman, E.C. 1968. Rhynchophorinae of southeastern Polynesia. Pacific Insects 10(1): 47-77, figs 1-34 [59] (for Sphenophorus sulcipes)

Generic Combinations

• Rhabdocnemis beccarii (Pascoe, 1885). —
  Faust, J. 1893. Notizen über Rüsselkäfer. Stettiner Entomologische Zeitung 54: 145-152 [150]
• Rhabdocnemis obscurus fausti (Gahan, 1900). —
  Muir, F.A.G. & Swezey, O.H. 1916. The cane borer beetle in Hawaii and its control by natural enemies. Hawaiian Sugar Planters' Experiment Station (Entomological Series) Bulletin 13: 1-102, Col. Frontispiece, pls i-ill, 1 map [13, 15]
• Rhabdocnemis interruptecostata (Schaufuss, 1885). —
  Faust, J. 1893. Notizen über Rüsselkäfer. Stettiner Entomologische Zeitung 54: 145-152 [150]
• Rhabdocnemis nudicollis (Kirsch, 1877). —
  Faust, J. 1894. Viaggio di Leonardo Fea in Birmania e regioni vicine. LX. Curculionidae. Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale, Genova 34: 153-370 [348]
• Rhabdocnemis obscura (Boisduval, 1835). —
  Gahan, C.J. in Waterhouse, C.O., Gahan, C.J. & Arrow, G.J. 1900. Order 4.-Coleoptera. New species descriptions. pp. 89-127 in Andrews, C.W. (ed.). A Monograph of Christmas Island (Indian Ocean): physical features and geology; with descriptions of the fauna and flora by numerous contributors. London : British Museum (Natural History) xiii 337 pp. [114]
• Sphenophorus obscurus (Boisduval, 1835). —
  Fairmaire, L. 1883. Essai sur les Coléoptères de l'archipel de la Nouvelle-Bretagne. Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique (Comptes-rendus) 27(2): 1-58 [41]
• Rhabdocnemis promissa (Pascoe, 1885). —
  Faust, J. 1893. Notizen über Rüsselkäfer. Stettiner Entomologische Zeitung 54: 145-152 [150]

History of changes

• Sitophilus Schoenherr, C.J. 1838. Genera et species curculionidum, cum synonymia hujus familiae. Species novae aut hactenus minus cognitae, descriptionibus a Dom. Leonardo Gyllenhal, C.H. Boheman, et entomologis aliis illustratae. Paris : Roret Vol. 4(2) pp. 601-1121 (+1122-1124, Corrigenda). [967].

  Type species:

   Curculio oryzae Linnaeus, 1763 by original designation.
• Calandra Gistel, J. 1848. Naturgeschichte des Thierreichs für höhere schulen bearbeitet. Stuttgart xvi 216 pp., 32 pls. [136] [replacement name; replacement name for Sitophilus Schoenherr, 1838; junior homonym, non Claireville, 1798; suppressed name].

History of changes

• Curculio granarius Linnaeus, C. 1758. Systema naturae per regna tria naturae, secundem classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentis, synonymis, locis. Editio decima, reformata. Holmiae : Laurentii Salvii Vol. 1 10 Edn., 824 pp. [378].
• Curculio segetis Linnaeus, C. 1758. Systema naturae per regna tria naturae, secundem classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentis, synonymis, locis. Editio decima, reformata. Holmiae : Laurentii Salvii Vol. 1 10 Edn., 824 pp. [381].
• Curculio contractus Geoffroy, E.L. 1785. [New Taxa]. In, Fourcroy, A.F. de. Entomologia Parisiensis; sive catalogus insectorum quæ in agro Parisiensi reperiuntur; secundam methodam Geoffrœanam in sectiones, genera & species distributus: cui addita sunt nomina trivialia & fere trecentæ novæ species. Paris : Viua ei Aedibus Serpentineis Vol. 1 viii + [1] + 231 pp. [126].
• Curculio pulicarius Panzer, G.W.F. 1798. Johann Euseb Voets Beschreibungen und Abbildungen hartschaaligter Insekten. Coleoptera Linn. Aus dem Original getreu übersetzt, mit der in selbigem fehlenden Synonymie und beständigen Commentar versehen. Erster Theil. Erlangen : Johann Jacob Palm pp. 112 + xiv. [54].
• Curculio unicolor Marsham, T. 1802. Entomologia Britannica, sistens insecta Britanniae indigena, secundum methodum Linnæanam disposita. Tomus 1: Coleoptera. London : J. White Vol. 1 xxxi 548 pp. [275].
• Sitophilus remotepunctatus Schoenherr, C.J. 1838. Genera et species curculionidum, cum synonymia hujus familiae. Species novae aut hactenus minus cognitae, descriptionibus a Dom. Leonardo Gyllenhal, C.H. Boheman, et entomologis aliis illustratae. Paris : Roret Vol. 4(2) pp. 601-1121 (+1122-1124, Corrigenda). [979].
• Calandra laevicosta Philippi, R.A. & Philippi, F. 1864. Beschreibung einiger neuen Chilenischen Käfer. (Schluss.). Stettiner Entomologische Zeitung 25(10-12): 313-406 [Date published XII-1864] [374].

Generic Combinations

• Calandra granaria (Linnaeus, 1758).
• Sitophilus granarius (Linnaeus, 1758). —
  Schoenherr, C.J. 1838. Genera et species curculionidum, cum synonymia hujus familiae. Species novae aut hactenus minus cognitae, descriptionibus a Dom. Leonardo Gyllenhal, C.H. Boheman, et entomologis aliis illustratae. Paris : Roret Vol. 4(2) pp. 601-1121 (+1122-1124, Corrigenda). [977]

General References

Schoenherr, C.J. 1838. Genera et species curculionidum, cum synonymia hujus familiae. Species novae aut hactenus minus cognitae, descriptionibus a Dom. Leonardo Gyllenhal, C.H. Boheman, et entomologis aliis illustratae. Paris : Roret Vol. 4(2) pp. 601-1121 (+1122-1124, Corrigenda). [977] (early literature)

History of changes

• Rhynchophorus linearis Herbst, J.F.W. 1795. Natursystem aller bekannten in- und ausländischen Insekten, als eine Fortsetzung der von Büffonschen naturgeschichte. Der Käfer. Berlin : Pauli. Vol. 6 pp. i-xxiv, 1-520, pl. LX-XCV. [5, 23; pl. 100 fig. 1].
• Cordyle striatus Thunberg, C.P. 1815. De Coleopteris Rostratis. Nova Acta Upsala 7: 104-125 [112] [subjective synonym].
• Sitophilus tamarindi Christy, W. 1834. Remarks on a species of Calandra, occurring in the stones of tamarinds. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 1: 36-37 [36] [subjective synonym].

Generic Combinations

• Calandra linearis (Herbst, 1795). —
  Gemminger, M. & Harold, E. von 1871. Curculionidae. Coleopterorum Catalogus 8: 2181-2668 [2653]
• Sitophilus linearis (Herbst, 1795). —
  Schoenherr, C.J. 1838. Genera et species curculionidum, cum synonymia hujus familiae. Species novae aut hactenus minus cognitae, descriptionibus a Dom. Leonardo Gyllenhal, C.H. Boheman, et entomologis aliis illustratae. Paris : Roret Vol. 4(2) pp. 601-1121 (+1122-1124, Corrigenda). [979]
• Sitophilus linearis striatus (Thunberg, 1815). —
  Perkins, R.C.L. 1900. Coleoptera. II. Coleoptera Rhynchophora, Proterhinidae, Heteromera and Cioidae. pp. 117-270 + pl. VII-X in Sharp, D. (ed.). Fauna Hawaiiensis. Cambridge : Cambridge University Press Vol. 2. [139]

History of changes

• Curculio orysa Linnaeus, C. 1763. Centuria Insectorum, Quam, Praesidae D.D. Car. von Linne, Proposuit Boas Johansson, Calmariensis. pp. 384–415 in Linnaeus, C. Amoenitates Academicae; seu Dissertations variae, physicae, medicae, botanicae, Antehac seorsim editae, nunc collectae and auctae. Paris. Vol. 6. [395] [original spelling].
• Calandra oryzae minor Sasaki, C. 1899. Manual of Crop Insect Pests in Japan. Tokyo 520 pp. [also Rept. Hokkaido Agr. Expt. Sta. 17: 202] [subjective synonym].
• Calandra sasakii Takahashi, 1928 [subjective synonym].
• Curculio frugilegus DeGeer, C. 1775. Mémoires pour servir à l'histoire des Insectes. Stockholm : P. Hesselberg Tome cinquième vi + 448 pp. + 16 pls. [273].
• Curculio oryzae Linnaeus, C. 1763. Centuria Insectorum, Quam, Praesidae D.D. Car. von Linne, Proposuit Boas Johansson, Calmariensis. pp. 384–415 in Linnaeus, C. Amoenitates Academicae; seu Dissertations variae, physicae, medicae, botanicae, Antehac seorsim editae, nunc collectae and auctae. Paris. Vol. 6. [395] [emendation; by Fabricius, 1801].
• Curculio granarius Ström, H. 1783. Norske insecters beskrivelse med anmaerkninger. Nye Samling af det Kongelike Danske Videnskabernes Selskabs Skrifter 2: 49-93 [56] [junior homonym].
• Sphenophorus quadriguttatus Montrouzier, X. 1861. Essai sur la faune entomologique de la Nouvelle-Calédonie (Balade) et des îles des Pins, Art, Lifu, etc. Annales de la Société Entomologique de France 3 8(4): 867-916, pl. 7 [Date published 12-V-1861] [910].
• Curculio funebris Rey, C. 1895. Remarques en passant. L'Échange, Revue Linnéenne 11: 50 [50].

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Kuschel, G. 1961. On problems of synonymy in the Sitophilus oryzae complex. Annals and Magazine of Natural History XIII 4: 241-243, figs 1-4 [241-243] (synonymy)

Generic Combinations

• Calandra oryzae (Linnaeus, 1763). —
  Fabricius, J.C. 1801. Systema Eleutheratorum secundum ordines, genera, species: adiectis synonymis, locis, observationibus, descriptionibus. Kiliae : Bibliopolii Academici Novi Vol. II 687 pp. [438]
• Sitophilus oryzae (Linnaeus, 1763). —
  Schoenherr, C.J. 1838. Genera et species curculionidum, cum synonymia hujus familiae. Species novae aut hactenus minus cognitae, descriptionibus a Dom. Leonardo Gyllenhal, C.H. Boheman, et entomologis aliis illustratae. Paris : Roret Vol. 4(2) pp. 601-1121 (+1122-1124, Corrigenda). [981]

Miscellaneous Literature Names

• Curculio oryzae Linnaeus, 1763 [emendation]. —
  Fabricius, J.C. 1801. Systema Eleutheratorum secundum ordines, genera, species: adiectis synonymis, locis, observationibus, descriptionibus. Kiliae : Bibliopolii Academici Novi Vol. II 687 pp. [438]

History of changes

• Sitophilus zeamais Motschulsky, V. 1855. [title unknown]. Études Entomologiques 4: 77-78 [77].
• Cossonus quadrimacula Walker, F. 1859. Characters of some apparently undescribed Ceylon insects. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 3 4: 217-224 [Date published 31/12/1859] [219] [subjective synonym].
• Calandra chilensis Philippi, R.A. & Philippi, F. 1864. Beschreibung einiger neuen Chilenischen Käfer. Stettiner Entomologische Zeitung 25: 266-284 [274] [subjective synonym].
• Calandra oryzae platensis Zacher, F. 1922. Eingeschleppte Vorratsschädlinge. Verhandlungen der deutschen gesellschaft fur angewandte entomologie 8: 55-89 [55] [subjective synonym].

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Kuschel, G. 1961. On problems of synonymy in the Sitophilus oryzae complex. Annals and Magazine of Natural History XIII 4: 241-243, figs 1-4

General References

Karemua, C.K., Ndung'ua, M.W. & Githua, M. 2013. Repellent effects of essential oils from selected eucalyptus species and their major constituents against Sitophilus zeamais (Coleoptera: Curculionidae). International Journal of Tropical Insect Science 33(3): 188-194

Kuschel, G. 1961. On problems of synonymy in the Sitophilus oryzae complex. Annals and Magazine of Natural History XIII 4: 241-243, figs 1-4 [244] (cites p. 374 of 'Philippi', 1864)

Kuschel, G. 1978. Notes on the identity of Sitophilus zeamais Motschulsky based on type material examination. Journal of Natural History 12: 231

Zimmerman, E.C. 1993. Australian weevils (Coleoptera: Curculionoidea). Melbourne : CSIRO Publications Vol. III Nanophyidae, Rhynchophoridae, Erirhinidae, Curculionidae: Amycterinae, Literature consulted 854 pp. [Date published 1 October] [115] (cites p. 274 of 'Philippi', 1864)

History of changes

• Sphenophorus Schoenherr, C.J. 1838. Genera et species curculionidum, cum synonymia hujus familiae. Species novae aut hactenus minus cognitae, descriptionibus a Dom. Leonardo Gyllenhal, C.H. Boheman, et entomologis aliis illustratae. Paris : Roret Vol. 4(2) pp. 601-1121 (+1122-1124, Corrigenda). [874] [nomen protectum].

  Type species:

   Curculio abbreviatus Fabricius, 1787 by original designation.
• Calandra Clairville, J.P. 1798. Entomologie helvétique ou catalogue des insectes de la Suisse rangés d'après une nouvelle méthode./ Helvetische Entomologie oder Verzeichniss der Schweizer Insecten, nach eine neuen Methode geordnet mit Beschreibungen und Abbildungen. Zürich : Orell, Füssli & Co. Vol. 1 149 pp. + 16 pl. [pl. 2] [nomen oblitum; suppressed by ICZN (1959)].

  Type species:

   Curculio abbreviatus Fabricius, 1787 by subsequent designation, see Latreille, P.A. 1810. Considération Générales sur l'Order Naturel des Animaux Composant les Classes des Crustacés, des Arachnides et des Insectes; avec un Tableau Méthodique de leurs Genres Disposés en Familles. Paris : F. Schoell viii 444 pp. [this work is the subject of Opinions 11 and 136, ICZN, and is on the Official List of Works approved as available for Zoological Nomenclature] [431].
• Calendra Clairville, J.P. 1798. Entomologie helvétique ou catalogue des insectes de la Suisse rangés d'après une nouvelle méthode./ Helvetische Entomologie oder Verzeichniss der Schweizer Insecten, nach eine neuen Methode geordnet mit Beschreibungen und Abbildungen. Zürich : Orell, Füssli & Co. Vol. 1 149 pp. + 16 pl. [62] [nomen oblitum; incorrect original spelling of Calandra, rejected by Fabricius, 1801: 429; suppressed by ICZN (1959)].
• Sitonobia Gistel, J. 1856. Die Mysterien der europäischen Insectenwelt. Kempten : T. Dannheimer 530 pp. [369] [subjective synonym].

  Type species:

   Curculio decurtatus Gmelin, 1790 (as decussata Linnaeus (lapsus)) by monotypy.
• Merothricus Chevrolat, L.A.A. 1885. Calandrides. Nouveaux genres et nouvelles espèces, observations, synonymies, doubles emplois de noms de genres et d'espèces, etc. 3e partie. Annales de la Société Entomologique de France 6 5: 275-292 [Date published XII-1885] [290] [subjective synonym].

  Type species:

   Sphenophorus rusticus Gyllenhal, 1838 by monotypy.
• Trichischius LeConte, J.L. 1876. [Taxonomic descriptions]. In, LeConte, J.L. & Horn, G.H. The Rhynchophora of America north of Mexico. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society 15: i-xvi, 1-455, figs 1-2 [426] [subjective synonym].

  Type species:

   Trichischius crenatus LeConte, 1876 by monotypy.
• Nesorthognathus Voss, E. 1943. Einige neue Rüsselarten aus Argentinien und Paraguay (Coleoptera: Curculionidae). Arbeiten über Morphologische und Taxonomische Entomologie aus Berlin-Dahlem 10(4): 225-236 [Date published 10 Dec. 1943] [234] [subjective synonym].

  Type species:

   Nesorthognathus pedestris Voss, 1843 (= Sphenophorus crassus Blanchard, 1847) by monotypy.

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Victoria, Western Australia

History of changes

• Calandra brunnipennis Germar, E.F. 1824. Insectorum species novae aut minus cognitae, descriptionibus illustratae: Coleoptera. Halae : J.C. Hendel et Fil Vol. 1 xxiv 624 pp. 2 pls. [297].
• Sphenophorus punctatostriatus Schoenherr, C.J. 1838. Genera et species curculionidum, cum synonymia hujus familiae. Species novae aut hactenus minus cognitae, descriptionibus a Dom. Leonardo Gyllenhal, C.H. Boheman, et entomologis aliis illustratae. Paris : Roret Vol. 4(2) pp. 601-1121 (+1122-1124, Corrigenda). [956] [subjective synonym].
• Sphenophorus signaticollis Schoenherr, C.J. 1838. Genera et species curculionidum, cum synonymia hujus familiae. Species novae aut hactenus minus cognitae, descriptionibus a Dom. Leonardo Gyllenhal, C.H. Boheman, et entomologis aliis illustratae. Paris : Roret Vol. 4(2) pp. 601-1121 (+1122-1124, Corrigenda). [955] [subjective synonym].

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Schoenherr, C.J. 1845. Genera et species curculionidum, cum synonymia hujus familiae. Species novae aut hactenus minus cognitae, descriptionibus a Dom. Leonardo Gyllenhal, C.H. Boheman, et entomologis aliis illustratae. Paris : Roret Vol. 8(2) pp. 1-504. [260] (for S. signaticollis)
• Vaurie, P. 1978. Revision of the genus Sphenophorus in South America. American Museum Novitates 2656: 1-30 [8] (for S. punctatostriatus)

Generic Combinations

• Sphenophorus brunnipennis (Germar, 1824). —
  Schoenherr, C.J. 1838. Genera et species curculionidum, cum synonymia hujus familiae. Species novae aut hactenus minus cognitae, descriptionibus a Dom. Leonardo Gyllenhal, C.H. Boheman, et entomologis aliis illustratae. Paris : Roret Vol. 4(2) pp. 601-1121 (+1122-1124, Corrigenda). [965]

Miscellaneous Literature Names

• Sphenophorus brunneipennis Germar, 1824.

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Victoria, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Introduced from Neotropical region.

History of changes

• Trigonotarsus Guérin-Méneville, F.E. 1833. Iconographie du règne animal de G. Cuvier, ou représentation d'après nature de l'une des espèces les plus remarquables, et souvent non figurées, de chaque genre d'animaux, avec un text descriptif mis au courant de la science. Ouvrage pouvant servir d'atlas à tous les traitès de zoologie. Paris : Baillière. Vol. 7. Insectes. pp. [Curculionoidea plates are 36-39bis; dates (after Cowan, 1971) are: plate 36 in livr.29 and plates 37-38 in livr.30, 6-VII-1833; plates 39-39bis in livr. 31, IX-1833; text complete on 7-IX-1844] [pl. 39bis].

  Type species:

   Trigonotarsus calandroides Guérin-Méneville, 1833 by monotypy.

History of changes