Genus Melanterius Erichson, 1842

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• Melanterius Erichson, W.F. 1842. Beitrag zur Insecten-fauna von Vandiemensland, mit besonderer Berucksichtigung der geographischen Verbreitung der Insecten. Archiv für Naturgeschichte 8(1): 83-287, pls 4, 5 [209].

  Type species:

   Melanterius porcatus Erichson, 1842 by subsequent designation, see Lea, A.M. 1899. Revision of the Australian Curculionidae belonging to the subfamily Cryptorhynchides. Part III. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 24: 200-270 [206].
• Chaleponotus Casey, T.L. 1892. Coleopterological notices. IV. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences 6: 359-712 [444] [subjective synonym].

  Type species:

   Chaleponotus elusus Casey, 1892 by monotypy.
• Melanteriosoma Lea, A.M. 1899. Revision of the Australian Curculionidae belonging to the subfamily Cryptorhynchides. Part III. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 24: 200-270 [267] [subjective synonym].

  Type species:

   Melanteriosoma costatum Lea, 1899 by subsequent designation, see Pullen, K.R., Jennings, D. & Oberprieler, R.G. 2014. Annotated catalogue of Australian weevils (Coleoptera: Curculionoidea). Zootaxa 3896(1): 1-481 [226].

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• 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] [644] (for Melanteriosoma)
• Anderson, R.S. 2008. The identity of Chaleponotus elusus Casey 1892 (Curculionidae: Molytinae: Conotrachelini). The Coleopterists Bulletin 62(1): 42-44 [42] (for Chaleponotus)

Introduction

In their detailed study on host plants of species in the genus Melanterius, Pinzón-Navarro et al. (2017), describe 5 new species, and, tentatively, divide the genus into 6 species groups. These species groupings are not included here. Pinzón-Navarro et al. (2017) redescribe the genus, and compare it with other Cleogonini genera.

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Gulf Coastal (GUC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ) ; NSW, NT, Qld, SA, Vic: Brigalow Belt South (BBS) ; NSW, Qld: Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Nandewar (NAN), NSW North Coast (NNC), Sydney Basin (SB), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ) ; NSW, Qld, Vic: New England Tablelands (NET), South East Coastal Plain (SCP) ; NSW, Tas, Vic: South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), Tasmanian South East (TSE) ; NT, Qld: Gulf Coastal (GUC) ; Qld, SA, Vic, WA: Murray Darling Depression (MDD) ; SA, WA: Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Jarrah Forest (JF), Kanmantoo (KAN)

General References

Pinzón-Navarro, S.V., Jennings, D. & Oberprieler, R.G. 2017. Host associations of Melanterius Erichson (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Cleogonini), with a diagnosis and delimitation of the genus and description of five new species. Zootaxa 4298(1): 1–77

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