Species Polytus mellerborgii (Boheman, 1838)

Museums

Regional Maps

• 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