Genus Mechistocerus Fauvel, 1862
- Mechistocerus Fauvel, A. 1862. Coléoptères de la Nouvelle-Calédonie, recueillis par M.E. Déplanche, chirugien de la marine impériale (1858-59-60). Notices entomologiques, premiere partie. Bulletin de la Société Linnéenne de Normandie 7: 120-185, pls 9-10, 10bis [142].
Type species:
Coelosternus impressus Montrouzier, 1860 by monotypy. - Mecistocerus Pascoe, F.P. 1870. Descriptions of some genera and species of Australian Curculionidae. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 18(2): 181-209, pl. 5; 445-484, pl. 7 [459] [emendation; unjustified emendation of Mechistocerus Fauvel].
- Mecistocerus Gemminger, M. & Harold, E. von 1871. Catalogus Coleopterorum hucusque descriptorum synonymicus et systematicus. Monachii [Munich] : E.H. Gummi Vol. 8. Curculionidae pp. 2181-2668 + Index Generum 10 pp. [2552] [emendation; non Pascoe, 1870; unjustified emendation of Mechistocerus Fauvel].
- Berosiris 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 [43] [subjective synonym].
Type species:
Cyambolus marci Boheman, 1844 by subsequent designation, see Faust, J. 1892. Notizen über Rüsselkäfer. Stettiner Entomologische Zeitung 53: 44-52 [46]. - Isotocerus Faust, J. 1898. Curculioniden aus dem Malayischen und Polynesichen Inselgebiet II. Stettiner Entomologische Zeitung 59: 140-214 [145] [subjective synonym].
Type species:
Isotocerus petax Faust, 1898 by subsequent designation, see Morimoto, K. 1987. The family Curculionidae of Japan VI. Tribe Mechistocerini. Journal of the Faculty of Agriculture, Kyushu University III No. 231: 321-343, figs 1-10; No. 232: 345-364, figs 1-8 [323]. - Metriophiloides Champion, G.C. 1910. Insecta. Coleoptera. Rhynchophora. Curculionidae. Curculioninae (concluded) and Calandrinae. pp. 151-221 in Champion, G.C. Biologia Centrali-Americana. London : F.D. Godman & O. Salvin Vol. 4(7) vi + 221 pp. [Date published X-1910] [205] [subjective synonym].
Type species:
Metriophiloides barbicornis Champion, 1910 by original designation.
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- Faust, J. 1892. Notizen über Rüsselkäfer. Stettiner Entomologische Zeitung 53: 44-52 [46] (for Berosiris)
- Zimmerman, E.C. 1994. Australian weevils (Coleoptera: Curculionoidea). Melbourne : CSIRO Vol. 1. Orthoceri: Anthribidae to Attelabidae: the primitive weevils pp. i-xxxii, 1-741. [Date published 28 February] [688] (for Metriophiloides)
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-Mar-2015 | MODIFIED | Lyn Randall |
| 13-Aug-2010 | 13-Aug-2010 | MOVED | ||
| 15-Jun-2010 | (import) |