Species Rhinocyllus conicus (Frölich, 1792)

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• Curculio conicus Frölich, J.A. 1792. Bermerkungen über einige seltene Käfer aus der Insecten-Sammlung des Hr. Rudolph in Erlangen. Der Naturforscher 26: 68-165 [132].
• Curculio antiodontalgicus Gerbi, R. 1794. Storia naturale di un nuovo insetto. Firenze pp. [1] [subjective synonym].
• Curculio thaumaturgus Rossi, P. 1794. Mantissa Insectorum, exhibens species nuper in Etruria collectas, adjectis faunae Etruscae illustrationibus ac emendationibus. Pisa : Polloni 154 pp. 8 colour pls. [94] [subjective synonym].
• Lixus latirostris Latreille, P.A. 1804. Histoire naturelle, Générale et Particulière, des Crustacés et des Insectes. Ouvrage faisant suite aux œuvres de Leclerc de Buffon et partie du cours complet d'Histoire naturelle rédigé p. C.S. Sonnini. Paris : Dufart Vol. 11 422 pp., pls 91-93. [125] [subjective synonym].
• Lixus morosus Olivier, 1807 [subjective synonym].
• Lixus odontalgicus Olivier, A.G. 1807. Entomologie, ou Histoire Naturelle des Insectes, avec leurs caractères génériques et spécifiques, leur description, leur synonymie, et leur figure enluminée. Coléoptères. Paris : Desray Vol. 5 612 pp. [282, pl. 30 fig. 456] [subjective synonym].
• Rhinocyllus olivieri Gyllenhal, L.in Schoenherr, C.J. 1835. 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. 3(1) pp. 1-505. [148] [subjective synonym].
• Rhinocyllus depressirostris Boheman, C.H. in Schoenherr, C.J. 1843. 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. 7(2). pp. 1-461 [25] [subjective synonym].
• Rhinocyllus schoenherri Capiomont, G. 1873. Monographie des Rhinocyllides. Annales de la Société Entomologique de France 5 3: 273-296 [288] [subjective synonym; as schönherri].
• Curculio cardui Donovan, E. 1811. The Natural History of British Insects; Explaining them in their Several States, with the Periods of their Transformations, their Food, Oeconomy, &c., together with History of such Minute Insects as require Investigation by the Microscope, the Whole Illustrated by Coloured Figures, designed and executed from Living Specimens. Vol. XV. London : The Author, F. C. and J. Rivington 83 pp., pls dv–dxl. [15].

Distribution

Extra Distribution Information

Introduced from Eurasia and North Africa.

General References

Cullen, J.M. & Sheppard, A.W. 2012. Carduus nutans L. — nodding thistle. pp. 118-130 in Julien, M.H., McFadyen, R.E.C. & Cullen, J.M. (eds). Biological control of weeds in Australia. Collingwood, Vic. : CSIRO Publishing. pp. i-xviii, 1-620. [122-125]

Woodburn, T.L. & Cullen, J.M. 1995. Release and establishment of the thistle-head weevil, Rhinocyllus conicus in Australia. pp. 411-414 in Delfosse, E.S. & Scott, R.R. (eds). Proceedings of the 8th International Symposium on Biological Control of Weeds. 2-7 February 1992, Canterbury, NZ. Melbourne : DSIR & CSIRO.

Zwölfer, H. & Harris, P. 1984. Biology and host specificity of Rhinocyllus conicus (Froel.) (Col., Curculionidae), a successful agent for biocontrol of the thistle, Carduus nutans L. Journal of Applied Entomology 97: 36-62

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