A revision of the Mascarene weevil genus Syzygops Schönherr (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Entiminae)

Code (CO)	MSI00P3509
Author (AU)	Williams, J. R.
Title - English (ET)	A revision of the Mascarene weevil genus Syzygops Schönherr (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Entiminae)
Document Type(DT)	Periodical article
Date of publication (DP)	2000
Series (SE)	Invert. Taxonomy
Source (SO)	14: 411-432
Language of text (LT)	En
Language of summaries (LS)	En
Abstract (AB)	The Mascarene genus Syzygops Schönherr (Curculionidae: Entiminae ) is revised and a key to the species is provided. Of the 17 species, seven are described as new: S. insignis, sp. nov., S. similis, sp. nov., S. petilus, sp. nov., S. globosus, sp. nov. and S. robustus, sp. nov. from Mauritius, and S. acuminatus, sp. nov. and S. ornatus, sp. nov. from Réunion. Four species previously described, S. prasinus Guérin-Méneville and s. cinereus Guérin-méneville, S. fuscipes Guérin-Méneville and S. hystrix Rosenschoeld, are considered to be species inquirendae. S. antelmei hustache is synonymized with s. desjardinsii Guérin-Méneville and S. laterivirens Fairmaire with S. cyclops Schönherr. Lectotypes are designated for s. alluaudi Hustache, S. vinsoni hustache, S. laterivirens Fairmaire, S. coquerelii Fairmaire, S. tuberculatus Guérin-Méneville, S. obscurus Hustache, S. aureoviridis Hustache. Eleven of the 17 species considered valid are endemic to mauritius and six to Réunion. Several of the species display extreme sexual dimorphism. The adults of all species are believed to occur exclusively on ferns. The immature stages are unknown.
Descriptors - English (DE)	Weevils Insects Syzygops taxonomy
Descriptors - Geographic (DG)	MAURITIUS Mascarenes
Sort Key 1(K1)	Fauna
Sort Key 2 (K2)	Insects
Date record entered (DA)	2000-12-05
Language of analysis (LA)	En
Affiliation (AF)	Mauritius Sugar Industry Research Institute, Reduit
Location (LO)	Lib
Processing status (PS)	CAt
MSIRI Staff (MS)	Ento