Alcidodoplesius

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Curculionoidea 

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Amorphea
Cladus: Obazoa
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Cladus: Filozoa
Cladus: Choanozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: ParaHoxozoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Superphylum: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Cladus: Mandibulata
Cladus: Pancrustacea
Cladus: Allotriocarida
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Holometabola
Superordo: Coleopterida
Ordo: Coleoptera
Subordo: Polyphaga
Infraordo: Cucujiformia
Superfamilia: Curculionoidea

Familia: Curculionidae
Subfamilia: Molytinae
Tribus: Mecysolobini
Genus: Alcidodoplesius
Species: A. tarsalis – A. parvulus

Note: Species listing after Andrew & Ramamurthy, 2010: 272.

Genus later listed as valid in Alonso-Zarazaga & Lyal, 1999; Morimoto & Kojima 2007; Andrew & Ramamurthy, 2010; but not mentioned in the Indian focused work of Kumar, Ram Guru & Sreedevi 2022. It is briefly referred to in comments of Löbl & Smetana (eds.) 2013.

Name

Alcidodoplesius Voss 1960.

Type species: Alcidodoplesius tarsalis Voss 1960: 138.

Gender: masculine

Synonyms

  • Alcidodoplesius Voss 1960: 138. [To verify!]
  • Alcidoplesius [sic] Voss 1960: 314. [To verify!]

References

Primary references

  • Voss, E. 1960. Die von Biró auf Neu Guinea aufgefundenen Rüsselkäfer, III. (Coleoptera, Curculionidae). Annales Historico-Naturales Musei Nationalis Hungarici (Pars. Zool.) 52: 313–346. Reference page. 
  • Voss, E. 1960. Uber zwei madagassische Curculioniden (Col. Curc.).(164. Beitrage zur kenntnis der Curculioniden). Entomologische Mitteilungen aus dem Zoologischen Staatinstitut und Zoologischen Museum Hamburg 28: 137–140. Reference page. 
  • Voss, E. 1961. Eine neue Alcidodoplesius-Art von den Philippinen (Col., Curc.). Entomologische Abhandlungen des Museums für Tierkunde Dresden 26(12): 111–112. Reference page. 

Additional references

  • Alonso-Zarazaga, M.A. & Lyal, C.H.C. 1999. A world catalogue of families and genera of Curculionoidea (Insecta: Coleoptera) (excepting Scolytidae and Platypodidae). Entomopraxis, Barcelona. 315 pp. PDF. Reference page. 
  • Andrew, J.P. & Ramamurthy, V.V. 2010. A checklist of weevils of the tribe Mecysolobini (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Molytinae). Oriental insects 44: 271–336. DOI: 10.1080/00305316.2010.10417619 Reference page. 
  • Kumar T., Ram Guru, G.D. & Sreedevi, K. 2022. Redescription of seven genera of the tribe Mecysolobini (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Molytinae) from India. Indian Journal of Entomology e22488. RearchGate pdf DOI: 10.55446/IJE.2022.977 (Electronic access states: "Online Published: December, 2022". Presumably print copy later) Reference page. 
  • Morimoto, K. & Kojima, H. 2007. Taxonomic notes on the Tribe Mecysolobini (Coleoptera, Curculionidae), with descriptions of three new taxa from Japan. Elytra 35(1): 226–237. PDF. Reference page. 
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