Genus Smicronyx Schoenherr, 1843

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• Smicronyx 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. [313] [replacement name; for Micronyx Schoenherr, 1835].
• Micronyx 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. [423] [junior homonym; non Boisduval, 1835].

  Type species:

   Micronyx reichii Gyllenhal, 1836 by original designation.
• Desmoris LeConte, J.L. & Horn, G.H. 1876. The Rhynchophora of America north of Mexico. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society 15: i-xvi, 1-455, figs 1-2 [167] [subjective synonym].

  Type species:

   Rhynchaenus constrictus Say, 1842 by subsequent designation, see Anderson, D.M. 1962. The weevil genus Smicronyx in America north of Mexico (Coleoptera: Curculionidae). Proceedings of the United States National Museum 113(3456): 185-372 [322].
• Pseudomicronyx Dietz, W. G. 1894. Revision of the genera and species of Desmori of North America. Transcriptions of the American Entomological Society 21: 113-178, pls VII, VIII [130] [as subgenus of Smicronyx].

  Type species:

   Smicronyx (Pseudomicronyx) perfidus Dietz, 1894 by monotypy.
• Pachyphanes Dietz, W. G. 1894. Revision of the genera and species of Desmori of North America. Transcriptions of the American Entomological Society 21: 113-178, pls VII, VIII [115] [subjective synonym].

  Type species:

   Pachytychius discoideus LeConte, 1876 by original designation.
• Synertha Dietz, W. G. 1894. Revision of the genera and species of Desmori of North America. Transcriptions of the American Entomological Society 21: 113-178, pls VII, VIII [172].

  Type species:

   Smicronyx imbricatus Casey, 1892 by subsequent designation, see Anderson, D.M. 1962. The weevil genus Smicronyx in America north of Mexico (Coleoptera: Curculionidae). Proceedings of the United States National Museum 113(3456): 185-372 [279].
• Chalybodontus Desbrochers, J. 1896. Espèces inédites de Curculionides VI (Suite). Le Frelon 5(12): 169-182 [170] [subjective synonym].

  Type species:

   Micronyx cyaneus Gyllenhal, 1835 by subsequent designation, see Caldara, R. & Frogato, V. 2013. Systematics of the weevil genus Mecinus Germar, 1821 (Coleoptera: Curculionidae). I. Taxonomic treatment of the species. Zootaxa 3654(1): 1-105 [51].
• Oligocaricis Lea, A.M. 1926. On some Australian Curculionidae. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 51(3): 327-362 [339] [subjective synonym].

  Type species:

   Oligocaricis longirostris Lea, 1926 by monotypy.

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Anderson, D.M. 1971. Oligocaricis Lea a synonym of Smicronyx Schoenherr (Coleoptera: Curculionidae). Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 73(1): 63 [63] (for Oligocaricis)

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