Amycterus

Amycterus is a genus of weevils belonging to the Amycterini tribe in the family Curculionidae, first described by Carl Johan Schönherr in 1823.[1][2] The decisions for synonymy are based on work by Alonso-Zarazaga, M.A. and Lyal, C.H.C.[3] and Elwood Zimmerman (Aphalidura, Eustatius, Prophalidura).[1][4]

Amycterus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Family: Curculionidae
Tribe: Amycterini
Genus: Amycterus
Schoenherr, 1823
Type species
Amycterus talpa
Synonyms[1]

Phalidura
Psalidura
Aphalidura
Eustatius
Prophalidura

The species of this genus are found in New South Wales, Victoria, Queensland the Northern Territory,[1] and Tasmania.[5]

Species

Species listed in the Australian Faunal Directory are:[1]

  • Amycterus abnormis (Macleay, 1865)
  • Amycterus amplicollis (Ferguson, 1909)
  • Amycterus amplipennis (Ferguson, 1909)
  • Amycterus anthracoides (Ferguson, 1921)
  • Amycterus brevicaudus (Ferguson, 1914)
  • Amycterus breviformis (Ferguson, 1909)
  • Amycterus carteri (Ferguson, 1909)
  • Amycterus caudatus (Macleay, 1865)
  • Amycterus cultratus (Ferguson, 1909)
  • Amycterus cuneicaudatus (Ferguson, 1909)
  • Amycterus decipiens (Dohrn, 1872)
  • Amycterus durvillei Boheman, 1842
  • Amycterus elongatus (Macleay, 1865)
  • Amycterus exasperatus Erichson, 1842
  • Amycterus exasperatus Erichson, 1842
  • Amycterus falciformis (Macleay, 1865)
  • Amycterus fergusoni (Sharp, 1920)
  • Amycterus flavosetosus (Ferguson, 1909)
  • Amycterus flavovarius (Ferguson, 1909)
  • Amycterus forficulatus (Macleay, 1865)
  • Amycterus foveatus (Macleay, 1865)
  • Amycterus frenchi (Ferguson, 1909)
  • Amycterus helmsi (Ferguson, 1914)
  • Amycterus hopsoni (Ferguson, 1921)
  • Amycterus kosciuskoanus (Ferguson, 1909)
  • Amycterus leai (Ferguson, 1915)
  • Amycterus mastersii (Macleay, 1865)
  • Amycterus metasternalis (Ferguson, 1909)
  • Amycterus mirabilis (Kirby, 1819)
  • Amycterus mirabundus Gyllenhal, 1834
  • Amycterus impressus Boisduval, 1835
  • Amycterus crenatus Boisduval, 1835
  • Amycterus miraculus (Macleay, 1865)
  • Amycterus mirus Boheman, 1842
  • Amycterus paradoxus Sturm, 1843
  • Amycterus monticola (Ferguson, 1909)
  • Amycterus morbillosus Boisduval, 1835
  • Amycterus orthodoxus (Lea, 1910)
  • Amycterus panduriformis (Ferguson, 1912)
  • Amycterus perlatus (Ferguson, 1909)
  • Amycterus pilbara Peterson, 2013
  • Amycterus posticus Boisduval, 1835
  • Amycterus rayneri (Macleay, 1865)
  • Amycterus riverinae (Macleay, 1865)
  • Amycterus rufipes (Blackburn, 1896)
  • Amycterus sloanei (Ferguson, 1909)
  • Amycterus squalidus Boheman, 1842
  • Amycterus subcostatus (Macleay, 1865)
  • Amycterus sublaevigatus (Ferguson, 1909)
  • Amycterus sulcipennis (Ferguson, 1909)
  • Amycterus talpa Schoenherr, 1823
  • Amycterus reticulatus Boisduval, 1835
  • Amycterus gyllenhali Dohrn, 1871
  • Amycterus taylori (Ferguson, 1914)
  • Amycterus tenebricosus (Ferguson, 1912)
  • Amycterus tessellatus (Pascoe, 1874)
  • Amycterus tomentosus Boisduval, 1835
  • Amycterus morbillosus Erichson, 1842
  • Amycterus variegatus (Macleay, 1865)
  • Amycterus variolosus (Ferguson, 1909)
  • Amycterus wilcoxii (Macleay, 1865)


Further reading
  • Geo R. Waterhouse (24 April 2009). "XI. Notes on the Species of Amycterus and Allied Genera, with Descriptions of some New Species". Transactions of the Royal Entomological Society of London. 8 (2): 75–80. doi:10.1111/J.1365-2311.1854.TB02662.X. ISSN 0035-8894. Wikidata Q99962094.

References
  1. "Australian Faunal Directory: Amycterus". biodiversity.org.au. Retrieved 24 March 2022.
  2. Schoenherr, C.J. 1823. Tabula synoptica familiae Curculionidum. Isis von Oken 10: 1132-1146 [1144].
  3. Alonso-Zarazaga, M.A. & Lyal, C.H.C 1999. A world catalogue of families and genera of Curculionoidea (Insecta: Coleoptera) (excepting Scolytidae and Platypodidae). Barcelona : Entomopraxis 315 pp. [Date published 27-XII-1999] [17, 139]
  4. Zimmerman, E.C. (1993) Australian weevils (Coleoptera: Curculionoidea) Vol. III Nanophyidae, Rhynchophoridae, Erirhinidae, Curculionidae: Amycterinae. Melbourne : CSIRO Publications
  5. "Amycterus C.J.Schoenherr, 1823". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 24 March 2022.
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