Contribution to the taxonomy and nomenclature of Entiminae from the Palearctic region and South Africa (Coleoptera: Curculionidae).

Abstract

Synonymy is newly established for the following taxon names: Ellimenistes Boheman, 1843 = Pimelorrhinus Reitter, 1915, syn. n.; Ellimenistes setulosus Fåhraeus, 1871 = Pimelorrhinus globatus Reitter, 1915, syn. n.; Polydrusus subgen. Eudipnus C. G. Thomson, 1859 = Eudipnoidius Apfelbeck, 1898 syn. n.; Polydrusus subgen. Eustolus C. G. Thomson, 1859 = Tylodrusinus Reitter, 1916, syn. n.; Polydrusus impar Gozis, 1882 = P. impar vranicensis Reitter, 1905, syn. n.; Chiloneus Schoenherr, 1842 = Chilonorrhinus Reitter, 1915, syn. n.; Wittmerella Pesarini, 1973 = Sciaphilomorphus Alonso-Zarazaga & Lyal, 1999 syn. n. New combinations are proposed: Otiorhynchus (Eunihus) pisidicus (Magnano, 2001) comb. n. from Parameira Seidlitz, 1868; Ellimenistes globatus Reitter, 1915, comb. n. from Pimelorrhinus Reitter; Chiloneus sitonoides (Reitter, 1915), comb. n., Chiloneus corcyreus (Penecke, 1935), comb. n., Chiloneus aliquoi (Pesarini, 1974), comb. n., and Chiloneus sahlbergi (Reitter, 1915), comb. n. from Chilonorrhinus Reitter; Wittmerella aurosa (Boheman, 1845) comb. n. and W. sulcirostris (Chevrolat, 1860) comb. n. from Sciaphilomorphus Alonso-Zarazaga & Lyal. Type species designation: for Chilonorrhinus Reitter, 1915 (= Chiloneus Schoenherr) – Chilonorrhinus sitonoides Reitter, 1915.

Keywords

Curculionidae, Entiminae, new synonym, new combination.

Nomenclatural Acts

iris Fabricius, 1792 (Curculio), LT now a synonym of Polydrusus cervinus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Chilonorrhinus Reitter, 1915 (Entiminae), syn. nov. of Chiloneus Schoenherr, 1842
Eudipnoidius Apfelbeck, 1898 (Entiminae), syn. nov. of Eudipnus C.G.Thomson, 1859, subgenus of Polydrusus Germar, 1817
Sciaphilomorphus Alonso-Zarazaga & Lyal, 1999 (Entiminae), syn. nov. of Wittmerella Paserini, 1973
Tylodrusinus Reitter, 1916 (Entiminae), syn. nov. of Eustolus C.G.Thomson, 1859, subgenus of Polydrusus Germar, 1817
pisidicus (Magnano, 2003) (Otiorhynchus (Eunihus)), comb. nov. hitherto Parameira pisidicus Magnano, 2003
volgense Korotyaev, 1992 (Parameira), syn. nov. of Parameira (Lepidostomodes) gebleri Faust, 1893
globatus Reitter, 1915 (Pimelorrhinus), syn. nov. of Ellimenistis setulosus Fahraeus, 1871
Synaptorhinus Faust, 1889 (Polydrusini), replacement hitherto in Brachyderini or Sciaphilini
vranicensis (var. of impar) Reitter, 1905 (Polydrusus), syn. nov. of Polydrusus (Metallites) impar Gozis, 1882
julianus Reitter, 1916 (Polydrusus (Eustolus)), LT described as Polydrusus julianus Reitter, 1916
simplex Faust, 1889 (Synaptorhinus), LT