Stromboscerini

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Endopterygota
Superordo: Coleopterida
Ordo: Coleoptera
Subordo: Polyphaga
Superfamilia: Curculionoidea

Familia: Curculionidae
Subfamilia: Dryophthorinae
Tribus: Stromboscerini
Genera: Allaeotes – Besuchetiella – Dexipeus – Dryophthoroides – Nephius – Orthosinus – Parasynnommatus – Stromboscerus – Synommatoides – Synommatus – Tasactes – Tetrasynommatus – †Stenommatomorphus
Name

Stromboscerinae Lacordaire, 1866
Synonyms

Stromboscerinae Lacordaire, 1866
Stromboscerini Hustache, 1925

References

Lacordaire, J.T., 1866: Histoire naturelle des insectes. Genera des coléoptères ou exposé méthodique et critique de tous les genres proposés jusqu’ici dans cet ordre d’insectes. Les familles des Curculionides (suite), Scolytides, Brenthides, Anthribides et Bruchides Vol. 7, Roret, Paris. (iv) + 620 pp. BHLReference page.
Grebennikov, V.V. 2018. Dryophthorinae weevils (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) of the forest floor in Southeast Asia: illustrated overview of nominal Stromboscerini genera. Zootaxa 4418(2): 121–135. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4418.2.2 Paywall Reference page.
Legalov, A.A. 2019b. A new species of the genus Dryophthoroides Roelofs, 1879 (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) from Philippines. Far Eastern Entomologist 375: 20-24. DOI: 10.25221/fee.375.4 Open access. Full article (PDF). Reference page.
Legalov, A.A. 2021. A new species of the genus Orthosinus Motschulsky, 1863 (Coleoptera, Curculionidae) from Laos. Ecologica Montenegrina 46: 80–83. DOI: 10.37828/em.2021.46.6 Open access Reference page.
Legalov, A.A. 2021o. A new species of the genus Allaeotes Pascoe, 1885 (Coleoptera, Curculionidae) from Philippines. Baltic Journal of Coleopterology 21(1): 25-29. Full article (PDF). Reference page.
Legalov, A.A. 2021r. A new species of the genus Dexipeus Pascoe, 1885 (Coleoptera, Curculionidae) from the Philippines. Baltic Journal of Coleopterology 21(2): 175-180. Full article (PDF). Reference page.
Nazarenko, V.Yu.; Perkovsky, E.E. 2009: A new genus and species of dryophthorid weevils (Coleoptera, Dryophthoridae: Stromboscerinae) from the Rovno Amber. Paleontological journal, 43(9): 1097–1100. DOI: 10.1134/S003103010909010X

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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