Species Rhabdoscelus obscurus (Boisduval, 1835)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Calandra obscura Boisduval, J.A. 1835. Voyage de Découvertes de l'Astrolabe exécuté par ordre du Roi, pendant les années 1826–1827–1828–1829, sous le commandement de M.J. Dumont d'Urville. Faune Entomologique de l'Océan Pacifique, avec l'illustration des insectes nouveaux recueillis pendant le voyage. 2me Partie. Coléoptères et autres Ordres. Paris : J. Tastu vii 716 pp. [Date published 27-III-1835] [448].
• Sphenophorus insularis Boheman, C.H. 1859. Coleoptera. Species novas descripsit. pp. 113-218 in Virgin, C.A. Kongliga Svenska Fregatten Eugenies Resa omkring jorden under befäl af C.A. Virgin Åhren 1851-1853. Vettenskapliga iakttagelser på H.M. Konung Oscar Den Förstes befallning. Stockholm : P.A. Norstedt & Söner 1-617, pl. I-IX. [148] [subjective synonym].
• Sphenophorus nudicollis Kirsch, Th. 1877. Beitrag zur Kenntniss der Coleopteren-fauna von Neu Guinea. Mitteilungen aus dem K. Zoologischen museum zu Dresden 2: 137-161 [156] [subjective synonym].
• Sphenophorus sulcipes Karsch, F. 1881. Zur Käferfauna der Sandwich-, Marshall- und Gilberts-Inseln. Berliner Entomologische Zeitschrift 25(1): 1-13 [11; pl. 1 fig. 16] [subjective synonym].
• Sphenophorus promissus 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 [300] [subjective synonym].
• Sphenophorus beccarii 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 [301] [subjective synonym].
• Sphenophorus tincturatus 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 [301] [subjective synonym].
• Sphenophorus interruptecostatus Schaufuss, L.W. 1885. Beitrag zur fauna der Niederlaendischen besitzungen auf den Sunda-Inseln. Horae Societatis Entomologicae Rossicae 19: 183-209 [204] [subjective synonym].
• Rhabdocnemis fausti Gahan, C.J. in Waterhouse, C.O., Gahan, C.J. & Arrow, G.J. 1900. Order 4.-Coleoptera. New species descriptions. pp. 89-127 in Andrews, C.W. (ed.). A Monograph of Christmas Island (Indian Ocean): physical features and geology; with descriptions of the fauna and flora by numerous contributors. London : British Museum (Natural History) xiii 337 pp. [113] [subjective synonym].

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Fairmaire, L. 1883. Essai sur les Coléoptères de l'archipel de la Nouvelle-Bretagne. Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique (Comptes-rendus) 27(2): 1-58 [41] (for Sphenophorus insularis)
• Heller, K.M. 1898. Neue Käfer von Celebes III. Abhandlungen und Berichte des Königlichen Zoologischen und Anthropologische-Ethnographischen Museums zu Dresden 7(3): 1-41 [Date published 20-VI-1898] [34] (Sphenophorus interruptecostatus is syn. of S. tincturatus)
• Faust, J. 1899. Viaggio di Lamberto Loria nella Papuasia Orientale xxiii. Curculionidae [Curculionidae von Neu Guinea]. Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale, Genova 2 20: 1-130 [121]
• Zimmerman, E.C. 1968. Rhynchophorinae of southeastern Polynesia. Pacific Insects 10(1): 47-77, figs 1-34 [59] (for Sphenophorus sulcipes)

Generic Combinations

• Rhabdocnemis beccarii (Pascoe, 1885). —
  Faust, J. 1893. Notizen über Rüsselkäfer. Stettiner Entomologische Zeitung 54: 145-152 [150]
• Rhabdocnemis obscurus fausti (Gahan, 1900). —
  Muir, F.A.G. & Swezey, O.H. 1916. The cane borer beetle in Hawaii and its control by natural enemies. Hawaiian Sugar Planters' Experiment Station (Entomological Series) Bulletin 13: 1-102, Col. Frontispiece, pls i-ill, 1 map [13, 15]
• Rhabdocnemis interruptecostata (Schaufuss, 1885). —
  Faust, J. 1893. Notizen über Rüsselkäfer. Stettiner Entomologische Zeitung 54: 145-152 [150]
• Rhabdocnemis nudicollis (Kirsch, 1877). —
  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 [348]
• Rhabdocnemis obscura (Boisduval, 1835). —
  Gahan, C.J. in Waterhouse, C.O., Gahan, C.J. & Arrow, G.J. 1900. Order 4.-Coleoptera. New species descriptions. pp. 89-127 in Andrews, C.W. (ed.). A Monograph of Christmas Island (Indian Ocean): physical features and geology; with descriptions of the fauna and flora by numerous contributors. London : British Museum (Natural History) xiii 337 pp. [114]
• Sphenophorus obscurus (Boisduval, 1835). —
  Fairmaire, L. 1883. Essai sur les Coléoptères de l'archipel de la Nouvelle-Bretagne. Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique (Comptes-rendus) 27(2): 1-58 [41]
• Rhabdocnemis promissa (Pascoe, 1885). —
  Faust, J. 1893. Notizen über Rüsselkäfer. Stettiner Entomologische Zeitung 54: 145-152 [150]

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