Genus Lixus Fabricius, 1801
Type species:
Curculio paraplecticus Linnaeus, 1758 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] [430].- Epimeces Billberg, G.J. 1820. Enumeratio Insectorum in Museo Gustave Johann Billberg. Stockholm : Typis Gadelianis 4 unnumbered + 138 pp. [In Latin] [45].
Type species:
Curculio filiformis Fabricius, 1781 by subsequent designation, see Anderson, R.S. 1988. Systematics, phylogeny and biogeography of New World weevils traditionally of the tribe Cleonini (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Cleoninae). Quaestiones Entomologicae 2399(4): 431-709 [450]. - Phoxus Billberg, G.J. 1820. Enumeratio Insectorum in Museo Gustave Johann Billberg. Stockholm : Typis Gadelianis 4 unnumbered + 138 pp. [In Latin] [41].
Type species:
Curculio cylindroides Sparrman, 1785 by subsequent designation, see 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] [22]. - Eutulomatus Desbrochers, J. 1893. Espèces inédites de Curculionides de l'Ancien Monde III. Le Frelon 3(5): 9-14 [Date published 2-XII-1893] [12].
Type species:
Cleonus (Eutulomatus) bigibbosus Desbrochers, 1893 (= Lixus lateripictus Fairmaire, 1883) by monotypy. - Prionolixus Desbrochers, J. 1904. Étude sur les Curculionides de la faune européenne et des bassins de la Méditerranée, en Afrique et en Asie, suivies de tableaux synoptiques. Le Frelon 12(5): 65-80 [Date published 28-III-1904] [80, in key].
Type species:
Bothynoderes soricinus Marseul, 1868 by subsequent designation, see 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] [22]. - Broconius Desbrochers des Loges, J. 1904. Études sur les Curculionides de la faune européenne et des bassins de la Méditerranée, en Afrique et en Asie, suivies de tableaux synoptiques. Le Frelon 12(6): 81-96 [92].
Type species:
Lixus rectirostris Desbrochers des Loges, 1904 (= Lixus rectirostris Faust, 1890) by subsequent designation, see 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] [21]. - Phillixus Petri, K. 1904. Bestimmungs-Tabelle der mir bekannt gewordenen Arten der Gattung Lixus Fab. aus Europa und den angrenzenden Gebieten. Wiener Entomologische Zeitung 23(9): 183-198 [Date published 30 Nov. 1904] [186].
Type species:
Lixus biskrensis Capiomont, 1876 by subsequent designation, see 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] [22]. - Larinomorphus Petri, K. 1914. Beiträge zur Käferfauna. Verhandlungen und Mitteilungen des Siebenbürgischen Vereins für Naturwissenschaften zu Hermannstadt 65(Festschrift): 1-23 [5].
- Sublarinus Petri, K. 1914. Beiträge zur Käferfauna. Verhandlungen und Mitteilungen des Siebenbürgischen Vereins für Naturwissenschaften zu Hermannstadt 65(Festschrift): 1-23 [7].
Type species:
Sublarinus larinoides Petri, 1914 by monotypy. - Callistolixus Reitter, E. 1916. Fauna Germanica. Die Käfer des Deutschen Reiches. Nach der analytischen Methode bearbeitet. Stuttgart : K.G. Lutz Vol. 5 pp. 1-343 + pls 153-168. [90, in key] [= Curculio cylindricus Fabricius, 1781].
Type species:
Curculio cylindricus Fabricius, 1787 (non Herbst, 1783) by monotypy. Type species:
Lixus junci Boheman, 1835 by subsequent designation, see 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] [21].- Dilixellus Reitter, E. 1916. Fauna Germanica. Die Käfer des Deutschen Reiches. Nach der analytischen Methode bearbeitet. Stuttgart : K.G. Lutz Vol. 5 pp. 1-343 + pls 153-168. [91, in key].
Type species:
Curculio algirus Linnaeus, 1758 (sensu Reitter, 1916 = Curculio pulverulentus Scopoli, 1763) by subsequent designation, see Voss, E. 1962. Attelabidae, Apionidae, Curculionidae (Coleoptera Rhynchophora). In Exploration du Parc National de l'Upemba, Mission G.F. de Witte en collaboration avec W. Adam, A. Janssens, L. van Mell et R. Verheyen (1946–1949). Fascicule 44. Institut des Parcs Nationaux du Congo et du Rwanda, Bruxelles, 380 pp. [262]. - Eulixus Reitter, E. 1916. Fauna Germanica. Die Käfer des Deutschen Reiches. Nach der analytischen Methode bearbeitet. Stuttgart : K.G. Lutz Vol. 5 pp. 1-343 + pls 153-168. [90, in key].
Type species:
Lixus iridis Olivier, 1807 by subsequent designation, see Voss, E. 1958. Ein beitrag zur Kenntnis der Curculioniden im Grenzgebeit der orientalischen zur paläarktischen region. (Col, Curc.) Die von J. Klapperich und Tschung Sen in der Provinz Fukien gesammelten Rüsselkäfer. Decheniana 5: 1-139 [Date published June 1958] [34]. - Hapalixus Reitter, E. 1916. Fauna Germanica. Die Käfer des Deutschen Reiches. Nach der analytischen Methode bearbeitet. Stuttgart : K.G. Lutz Vol. 5 pp. 1-343 + pls 153-168. [91, in key].
Type species:
Lixus noctuinus Petri, 1904 by subsequent designation, see Gültekin, L. 2013. New nomenclatural and taxonomic acts, and comments — Curculionidae: Lixinae: Lixini. pp. 102-110 in Löbl, I. & Smetana, A. Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera. Vol. 8. Curculionoidea II. Leiden : Brill 700 pp. [103]. - Lixochelus Reitter, E. 1916. Fauna Germanica. Die Käfer des Deutschen Reiches. Nach der analytischen Methode bearbeitet. Stuttgart : K.G. Lutz Vol. 5 pp. 1-343 + pls 153-168. [91, in key].
Type species:
Lixus cardui Olivier, 1807 by subsequent designation, see Gültekin, L. 2013. New nomenclatural and taxonomic acts, and comments — Curculionidae: Lixinae: Lixini. pp. 102-110 in Löbl, I. & Smetana, A. Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera. Vol. 8. Curculionoidea II. Leiden : Brill 700 pp. [103]. - Ortholixus Reitter, E. 1916. Fauna Germanica. Die Käfer des Deutschen Reiches. Nach der analytischen Methode bearbeitet. Stuttgart : K.G. Lutz Vol. 5 pp. 1-343 + pls 153-168. [90, in key].
Type species:
Curculio sanguineus Rossi, 1792 (non DeGeer, 1775; = Curculio angustus Herbst, 1795) by subsequent designation, see Voss, E. 1958. Ein beitrag zur Kenntnis der Curculioniden im Grenzgebeit der orientalischen zur paläarktischen region. (Col, Curc.) Die von J. Klapperich und Tschung Sen in der Provinz Fukien gesammelten Rüsselkäfer. Decheniana 5: 1-139 [Date published June 1958] [35]. - Parileomus Voss, E. 1939. Über vorwiegend unbeschriebene Rüssler der paläarktischen Region (Col. Curc.). Entomologisches Nachrichtenblatt. Troppau 13(1-2): 52-64 [Date published XII-1939] [60].
Type species:
Ileomus humerosus Voss, 1939 by monotypy. - Promecaspis Hoffmann, A. 1958. Coléoptères Curculionides (Troisième Partie). Faune de France 62: 1209-1839 [Date published 31-XII-1958] [1743].
Type species:
Promecaspis veyreti Hoffmann, 1958 (= Lixus myagri Olivier, 1807) by original designation. Type species:
Lixus bidentatus Kolbe, 1898 by original designation.Type species:
Lixus xanthocheloides Voss, 1962 by original designation.Type species:
Lixus sandoaensis Hustache, 1934 by original designation.Type species:
Lixus massaicus Kolbe, 1898 by original designation.- Lixoglyptus Reitter, E. 1916. Fauna Germanica. Die Käfer des Deutschen Reiches. Nach der analytischen Methode bearbeitet. Stuttgart : K.G. Lutz Vol. 5 pp. 1-343 + pls 153-168. [91, in key] [subjective synonym].
Type species:
Lixus spartii Olivier, 1807 by subsequent designation.
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- 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] [15, 190] (for Promecaspis)
Miscellaneous Literature Names
- Leptosoma Westwood, 1838 [unavailable name (published in synonymy); junior homonym, non Desmarest, 1825, nec Nardo, 1827, nec Boisduval, 1832]. —
Westwood, J.O. 1838. Synopsis of the genera of British insects. (1838–1840). pp. 1-48 in Westwood, J.O. (ed.). An Introduction to the Modern Classification of Insects. London : Longman 158 pp. [pp. 1-48 (1838), 49-80 (1839), 81-158 (1840)] [36]
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 | 08-Apr-2015 | MODIFIED | Lyn Randall |
| 16-Aug-2010 | ADDED |