Stromboscerini

Stromboscerini
	Stromboscerus sp
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Family:	Curculionidae
Subfamily:	Dryophthorinae
Tribe:	Stromboscerini
Genera
	Allaeotes Pascoe 1885; Besuchetiella Osella 1974; Dexipeus Pascoe 1885; Dryophthoroides Roelofs 1879; Nephius Pascoe 1885; Orthosinus Motschulsky 1863; Parasynnommatus Voss 1956; Stromboscerus Schönherr 1838; Synommatoides Morimoto 1978; Synommatus Wollaston 1873; Tasactes Faust 1894; Tetrasynommatus Morimoto 1985;

The insect tribe Stromboscerini is part of the weevil family Curculionidae, subfamily Dryophthorinae. It is a small and little-known weevil group. Alonso-Zarazaga & Lyal (1999) treated it as a subfamily (Stromboscerinae Lacordaire, 1866).

All weevils of this tribe have the antennal club with an asymmetrical apex. The winged species of the tribe have the eyes contiguous beneath the head, which makes them "Cyclops"-like. This characteristic is seen in some other Dryophthorinae. All other weevils with contiguous eyes have them connected at the upper part of the head, as in Zygops (Conoderinae) or some Rhamphini (Curculioninae).

References

Faust J. 1894. Viaggio di Leonardo Fea in Birmania e regioni vicine. LX. Curculionidae. Annali del’Museo Civico di storia Naturale di Genova. 34: 153-370
He, T.L., Zhang, R.Z., Pelsue, F.W. 2003. A new species of the genus Allaeotes Pascoe from China (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Dryophthorinae). Coleopterists Bulletin 57 (2): 127-131
He, T.L., Zhang, R.Z., Pelsue, F.W. 2003. A new species of the genus Synommatoides Morimoto from China (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Dryophthorinae). Coleopterists Bulletin 57 (2): 123-126
Morimoto K. 1978. Check-list of the family Rhynchophoridae (Coleoptera) of Japan, with descriptions of a new genus and five new species. Esakia (12):103-118
Morimoto K. 1985. Supplement to the check-list of the family Rhynchophoridae (Coleoptera) of Japan, with descriptions of a new genus and four new species. Esakia (23):67-76
Riedel, A. 1995. A new Besuchetiella Osella (Coleoptera: Curculionoidea: Rhynchophoridae) from Sumatra. Coleopterists Bulletin 49 (3): 293-299
Roelofs W. 1872. Diagnoses de nouvelles espéces de Curculionides, Brenthides, Anthribides et Bruchides du Japon. Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique. Comptes-Rendus. 22: LIII-LV
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, SCP Edition, Barcelona
Zherikhin V. V. 2000. Tertiary brachycerid weevils (Coleoptera: Brachyceridae) from the collections of Muséum Nationale d’Histoire Naturelle, Paris, with a review of other fossil Brachyceridae. Paleontological Journal 34, Suppl. 3: S333-S343
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