Ectemnorhinus

Overview of species

E. affinis – E. bougainvillei – E. drygalskii – E. fuscus – E. geniculatus – E. inexpectatus – E. kuscheli – E. pluricro – E. possessionensis – E. richtersi – E. similis – E. tamarisi – E. vanhoeffenianus – E. viridis

[sources: Kuschel & Chown (1995: 843, table 1), Grobler et al. (2006)]

Synonyms

• Agonelytra Waterhouse, 1875
  • Gender: feminine
  • Type species: Agonelytra longipennis Waterhouse, 1875 [=Ectemnorhinus viridis Waterhouse, 1853], by subsequent designation by Kuschel & Chown (1995: 857)
• Xanium Enderlein, 1904 [subgenus]
  • Gender: neuter
  • Type species: Xanium vanhoeffenianum Enderlein, 1904, by monotypy
  • Synonymised by: Chown & Kuschel, 1994: 150 ('syn. n.') [source: Chown & Kuschel (1994: 150)]
• Dusmoecetes Jeannel, 1940 [unavailable name]
  • Type species: not fixed
  • Synonymised by: Chown & Kuschel, 1994: 150 ('syn. n.') [source: Chown & Kuschel (1994: 150)]
• Heardius Kuschel & Chown, 1995 [validation of Heardius Brown, 1964]
  • Original status: invalid synonym of Ectemnorhinus Waterhouse, 1853 [source: Kuschel & Chown (1995: 857)]
  • Gender: masculine
  • Type species: Ectemnorhinus hoseasoni Brown, 1964 [=Ectemnorhinus viridis Waterhouse, 1853], by original designation [source: Kuschel & Chown (1995: 857)]

cited sources

• Chown, S.L.; Kuschel, G. 1994: New Bothrometopus species from Possession Island, Crozet Archipelago, with nomenclatural amendments and a key to its weevil fauna (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Brachycerinae). African entomology, 2(2): 149–154. ISSN: 1021-3589
• Grobler, G.C.; Rensburg, L.J. van; Bastos, A.D.S.; Chimimba, C.T.; Chown, S.L. 2006: Molecular and morphometric assessment of the taxonomic status of Ectemnorhinus weevil species (Coleoptera: Curculionidae, Entiminae) from the sub-Antarctic Prince Edward Islands. Journal of zoological systematics and evolutionary research, 44: 200–211. DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0469.2006.00358.x
• Kuschel, G.; Chown, S.L. 1995: Phylogeny and systematics of the Ectemnorhinus-group of genera (Insecta : Coleoptera). Invertebrate taxonomy, 9: 841–863. DOI: 10.1071/IT9950841
• Michaux, B.; Leschen, R.A.B. 2005: East meets west: biogeology of the Campbell Plateau. Biological journal of the Linnean Society, 86: 95–115. DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8312.2005.00511.x
• Waterhouse, G.R. 1853: Descriptions of New Genera and Species of Curculionides. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London (n.s.), 2: 172–207. Internet Archive BHL

Additional references

• Chown, S.L. 1990: Speciation in the sub-Antarctic weevil genus Dusmoecetes Jeannel (Coleoptera: Curculionidae). Systematic entomology, 15: 283–296. DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3113.1990.tb00064.x
• Chown, S.L.; Scholtz, C.H. 1989: Biology and ecology of the Dusmoecetes Jeannel (Col. Curculionidae) species complex on Marion Island. Oecologia, 80: 93–99. DOI: 10.1007/BF00789937
• Jeannel 1940: Mém. Mus. Hist. nat. Paris, (N.S.) 14: 161.
• Waterhouse, C.O. 1875: ON THE COLEOPTERA OF KERGUELEN'S ISLAND. Entomologist's monthly magazine, 12: 54–57. Internet Archive BHL

Links

• ION
• Nomenclator Zoologicus