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Sphenophorus C.J.Schoenherr, 1838

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
GENUS
Published in
<i>Gen. Spec. Curcul.</i>, <b>4</b>(2): 874 (conserved under the plenary power)

Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Arthropoda
class
Insecta
order
Coleoptera
family
Dryophthoridae
genus
Sphenophorus

Name

Synonyms
Calendra Schellenberg, 1798
Nesorthognathus Voss, 1943
Sitonobia Gistel, 1856
Spenophorus Petri, 1912
Spherophorus Solervicens, 1973
Homonyms
Sphenophorus C.J.Schoenherr, 1838
Sphenophorus Newberry, 1890
Common names
Billbug Weevils in English
Billbugs in English
zrniar in Slovak
尖隱喙象屬 in Chinese
Billbug Weevils in English
Billbug Weevils in English

Bibliographic References

  1. Alonso-Zarazaga MA, Lyal CHC (1999) A world catalogue of families and genera of Curculionoidea (Insecta: Coleoptera) excluding Scolytidae and Platypodidae. Entomopraxis, Barcelona, Spain, 315 pp. https://weevil.myspecies.info/sites/weevil.info/files/Alonso-Zarazaga%20%26%20Lyal,%201999_World%20Catalogue%20%28searchable%29.pdf https://weevil.myspecies.info/sites/weevil.info/files/Alonso-Zarazaga%20%26%20Lyal,%201999_World%20Catalogue%20%28searchable%29.pdf
  2. Alonso-Zarazaga, Miguel A., and Christopher H. C. Lyal, 1999: null. A World Catalogue of Families and Genera of Curculionoidea (Insecta: Coleoptera) (Excepting Scotylidae and Platypodidae). 315.
  3. Anderson RS (2002) The Dryophthoridae of Costa Rica and Panama: Checklist with keys, new synonymy and descriptions of new species of Cactophagus, Mesocordylus, Metamasius and Rhodobaenus (Coleoptera; Curculionoidea). Zootaxa, 80(1), 1–94. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.80.1.1 https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.80.1.1
  4. Anderson, Robert S., 2002: The Dryophthoridae of Costa Rica and Panama: Checklist with keys, new synonymy and descriptions of new species of Cactophagus, Mesocordylus, Metamasius and Rhodobaenus (Coleoptera; Curculionoidea). Zootaxa, vol. 80.
  5. Brands, S. J. (compiler). (1989-2005). Systema Naturae 2000. Amsterdam, The Netherlands (2006 version). Originally available online at http://sn2000.taxonomy.nl/; for current information, refer http://taxonomicon.taxonomy.nl/ProjectDescription.aspx .
  6. Brands, S. J. (compiler). (1989-2005). Systema Naturae 2000. Amsterdam, The Netherlands (2006 version). Originally available online at http://sn2000.taxonomy.nl/; for current information, refer http://taxonomicon.taxonomy.nl/ProjectDescription.aspx .
  7. Buckland & Buckland (2006) BugsCEP : Coleopteran Ecology Package
  8. CoL 2006
  9. Girón JC, Cardona-Duque J (2018) Estado del conocimiento de los Curculionidae en Colombia. In: Deloya, C. & Gasca Álvarez, H. J. (Eds). Escarabajos del Neotrópico (Insecta: Coleoptera). S y G editores, Mexico, 167–199. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/330505705_Estado_del_conocimiento_de_los_Curculionidae_Coleoptera_Curculionoidea_en_Colombia https://www.researchgate.net/publication/330505705_Estado_del_conocimiento_de_los_Curculionidae_Coleoptera_Curculionoidea_en_Colombia
  10. International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature. Opinion 572 Suppression under the Plenary Powers of the generic name Calandea Clairville & Schellenberg, 1798, and validation under the same Powers of the specific name abbreviatus Fabricius, 1787, as published in the binomen Curculio abbreviatus (class Insecta, order Coleoptera).Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 17(3-4), 112-116 (1959)
  11. Neave, S. A. and successors. (1939-2004). Nomenclator Zoologicus, vols. 1-10 online. [developed by uBio, hosted online at MBLWHOI Library]. Previously at http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus/ (URL no longer current).
  12. Neave, S. A. and successors. (1939-2004). Nomenclator Zoologicus, vols. 1-10 online. [developed by uBio, hosted online at MBLWHOI Library]. Previously at http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus/ (URL no longer current).
  13. Poole, Robert W., and Patricia Gentili, eds., 1996: Coleoptera, Strepsiptera. Nomina Insecta Nearctica: A Check List of the Insects of North America, vol. 1: Coleoptera, Strepsiptera. 14-820.
  14. Schönherr CJ (1838) 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, tomus quartus, pars secunda. Roret, Paris, 601–1121 pp. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4111774 https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4111774
  15. Schönherr, C.J. (1836-1838). Genera et species curculionidum. Tomus quartus. Roret, Parisiis. 858 pp. [Pars prima. 1-600 (1836); Pars secunda. 601–1121 (1838) ].
  16. Vaurie P (1951) Revision of the genus Calandra (formerly Sphenophorus) in the United States and Mexico (Coleoptera, Curculionidae). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 98: 31-186.
  17. Vaurie P (1978) Revision of the genus Sphenophorus in South America (Coleoptera, Curculionidae, Rhynchophorinae). American Museum Novitates 2656: 1–30. https://digitallibrary.amnh.org/handle/2246/2970 https://digitallibrary.amnh.org/handle/2246/2970
  18. Wibmer GJ, O’Brien CW (1986) Annotated checklist of the weevils (Curculionidae sensu lato) of South America (Coleoptera: Curculionoidea). Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute, 39, 1–563.
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