Genus Dryophthorus Germar, 1824
- 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
Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30-Jun-2015 | CURCULIONIDAE Latreille, 1802 | 17-Feb-2015 | MODIFIED | Lyn Randall |
| 24-May-2012 | MODIFIED |