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NEW NOMENCLATURAL and TAXONOMIC ACTS, and COMMENTS 64 NEW NOMENCLATURAL and TAXONOMIC ACTS, and COMMENTS Comments to classification M. A. Alonso-Zarazaga The systematic arrangement here followed departs from that found in Lawrence & Newton (1995), expressly declared as being that given in Kuschel (1995). The merits and demerits of this and other classification systems for Curculionoidea have been the subject of different criticisms (e.g., Alonso-Zarazaga & Lyal, 1999; Oberprieler et al., 2007; among others). While Alonso-Zarazaga & Lyal (I.e.) inclined to the use of an eclectic classification since their main target was a nomenclatural catalogue, Oberprieler et al. (I.e.) made an approach that incorporated recent acquisitions in the knowledge of the phylogenetic relationships of the weevil taxa. However, neither of these two, nor any other classification, has won a general acceptance. The reasons are obvious. In general, the consensus is that the main taxa of primitive weevils are more or less well delimited, while their relationships are not yet too clear; in the case of the advanced weevils, neither the relationships, nor the group limits are clear yet. The delimitation of the family Curculionidae as including (or not) Dryophthoridae (as Dryophthorinae) and Platypodidae (as Platypodinae) is just a matter of personal liking. The resulting classification used for Curculionoidea in vols. 7 and 8 of this catalogue is eclectic again: I have accepted the placement of Oxycorynidae as a subfamily Oxycoryninae of Belidae, and probably the best solution for Attelabidae and Rhynchitidae would have been to merge both in a single family, since the latter seems to be paraphyletic with respect to the former. The big family Brentidae is not supported by my unpublished molecular analyses, which makes of this "brentoid complex" a grade rather than a clade, so I have opted for keeping the arrangement in Alonso-Zarazaga & Lyal (1999), since the three families involved (Brentidae s. str., Apionidae, Nanophyidae) are easily differentiated on morphological grounds alone. Similarly, I have kept separated the Brachyceridae and the Dryophthoridae, and the Curculionidae s. str. start with the Platypodinae, related by some analyses to the Dryophthoridae. Some other analyses plead that there could be a large family Brachyceridae, uniting all the monocot feeders at the base of Curculionidae, including here also Dryophthoridae. We have nothing certain here as well, and I prefer to keep the familiar groups already used in Alonso-Zarazaga & Lyal (1999), a catalogue that has served its purpose and many others, even if the monophyly of several subfamilies is difficult to invoke (e.g., Molytinae, Cryptorhynchinae, etc.). Curculionoidea M. A. Alonso-Zarazaga General comments The synonymies of the species published by Gravenhorst (1807) have followed, when available, his own manuscript notes in his own copy of this book, conserved in the library of the University of Wroclaw (Poland). As a general rule, colour varieties whose distribution was not separated from that of the main species in the original description (e.g., by giving a procedence or locality) have been deemed to be infrasubspecific (Arts. 45.6.1 and 45.6.4) on the ground that "the content of the work unambiguously reveals that the name was proposed for an infrasubspecific entity" due to the absence of data which may allow considering them "geographical subspecies". Anthribidae Milos Tcyzna & Barry D. Valentine Comments The classifications of Anthribidae are imperfectly supported by data on morphology. Consequently, the present arrangement is tentative, based also on unpublished information. Changes in family- and genus-group taxa are given as new. NEW ACTS and COMMENTS 65 New assignments Allandrus LeConte, 1876 is transferred from Stenocerini to Allandrini Autotropis Jordan, 1924 is transferred from Zygaenodini to Discotenini Apatenia Pascoe, 1859 is transferred from Corrhecerini to Platyrhinini Aphaulimia Morimoto, 1972 is transferred from Corrhecerini to P1atyrhinini Asemorhinus Sharp, 1891 is transferred from Sintorini to Tophoderini Baseocolpus Jordan, 1949 is transferred from Corrhecerini to P1atyrhinini Bothrus Wolfrum, 1956 is transferred from Tropiderini to Phloeophilini Botriessa Jordan, 1928 is transferred from Zygaenodini to Piesocorynini Cleorisintor Jordan, 1923 is transferred from Corrhecerini to Mauiini Derisemias Jordan, 1928 is transferred from Mauiini to Tophoderini Disphaerona Jordan, 1902 is transferred from Corrhecerini to Ecelonerini Dolichocera Gray, 1832 is transferred from Mecocerini to Tophoderini Enedreytes Schoenherr, 1839 is transferred from Stenocerini to Discotenini Eusphyrus LeConte, 1876 is transferred from Orrniscini to Zygaenodini Exillis Pascoe, 1860 is transferred from Platystomini to Zygaenodini Gibber Jordan, 1895 is transferred from Corrhecerini to Zygaenodini Hypseus Pascoe, 1860 is transferred from Corrhecerini to Platyrhinini Illis Jordan, 1936 is transferred from Mauriini to Zygaenodini Mecotropis Lacordaire, 1865 is transferred from Mecocerini to Ptychoderini Nessiara Pascoe, 1860 is transferred from Corrhecerini to Platyrhinini Oxyderes Jordan, 1928 is transferred from Corrhecerini to P1atyrhinini Penestica Pascoe, 1859 is transferred from Platystomini to Corrhecerini Phaeochrotes Pascoe, 1860 is transferred from Stenocerini to Allandrini Phaulimia Pascoe, 1859 is transferred from Corrhecerini to Platyrhinini Plintheria Pascoe, 1859 is transferred from Stenocerini to Allandrini Pseudeuparius Jordan, 1914 is transferred from Cratoparini to Discotenini Phloeophilus Schoenherr, 1833 is transferred from Mecocerini to Phloeophilini Phaenotheriolum Gang1bauer, 1903 is transferred from Stenocerini to Piesocorynini Phaenotherion Frivaldszky, 1877 is transferred from Stenocerini to Piesocorynini Phaenotheriosoma Frieser, 1978 is transferred from Stenocerini to Piesocorynini Rawasia Roelofs, 1880 is transferred from Ecelonerini to Tophoderini Streneoderma Blackburn, 1900 is transferred from Anthribini to Zygaenodini Ulorhinus Sharp, 1891 is transferred from Corrhecerini to Platyrhinini Resurrected taxa Allandrini Pierce, 1930 is resurrected from synonymy with Stenocerini Kolbe, 1895 Eusphyrus LeConte, 1876 is resurrected from synonymy with Ormiscus G. R. Waterhouse, 1845 Hypseus Pascoe, 1860 is resurrected from synonymy with Phaulimia Pascoe, 1859 Changes in rank Apolectini Lacordaire, 1865 are raised to subfamily rank, Apolectinae New synonyms Dasycorynus Lacordaire, 1865, syn. nov. ofXylinada Berthold, 1827 Japanthribus Shibata, 1978, syn. nov. of Jordanthribus Zimmerman, 1938 Valenfriesiini Alonso-Zarazaga & Lyal, 1999, syn. nov. of Araecerini Lacordaire, 1865 New combination Pseudeuparius sepicola (Fabricius, 1792), comb. nov. from Enedreytes New taxon Stenorhinini Valentine, tribe nov. Type genus: Stenorhis Jordan, 1928 Rostrum absent; mouthparts projecting, but very reduced and articulating on venter of head capsule; eyes .
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