An online checklist and database of the Japanese weevils (Insecta: Coleoptera: Curculionoidea) (excepting Scolytidae and Platypodidae)

Publication Type:Journal Article
:2004
Authors:H. Kojima, Morimoto K.
Journal:Bulletin of the Kyushu University Museum
Volume:2
Pagination:33-147
:1348-3080
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A provisional checklist of the superfamily Curculionoidea of Japan excepting families Scolytidae and Platypodidae is presented based on the recent classification system, mainly followed after Alonso-Zarazaga & Lyal (1999). A total of 446 genera, 1,182 species and 13 subspecies, are enumerated. It will also be presented on the following web site combined with database (http://jwin.museum.kyushu-u.ac.jp/database/top.html). Nomenclatural changes proposed in this catalogue are as follows: Temnocerus terminassianae Legalov, 2002=Temnocerus morimotoi (Sawada, 1997), syn. nov. Anthonomus terreus (Gyllenhal., 1836), stat. res. (from subspecies of Anthonomus rubi (Herbst, 1795)) Cionus ogasawarai Kono, 1920=Stereonychus japonicus Hustache, 1920, syn. nov. Cionus ochraceus Hustache, 1920=Stereonychus thoracicus Faust, 1882, syn. nov. Dorytomus budarini Korotyaev, 1977=Dorytomus maculipennis Roelofs, 1874, syn. nov. Dorytomus etorofuensis Kono, 1935=Dorytomus occalescens (Gyllenhal, 1836), syn. nov. Dorytomus shikotanus Kono, 1935=Dorytomus leucophyllus (Motschulsky, 1845), syn. nov. Gasterocercus enokivorus Kono, 1932=Gasterocercus longipes Kono, 1932, syn. nov. Parempleurus Heller, 1931 is transferred from Gasterocercini to Psepholacini, new placement Agasterocercus sakaguchii Kono, 1932=Parempleurus dentirostris Heller, 1931, syn. nov. Heterarthrus pallidipennis Wollaston, 1873=Kojimazo lewisii (Wollaston, 1873), syn. nov. Larinus (Phyllonomeus) meleagris Petri, 1907, stat. res. (from synonym of Larinus griseopilosus Roelofs, 1873).

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