The types of Palaearctic species of the families Apionidae, Rhynchitidae, Attelabidae and Curculionidae in the collection of Étienne Louis Geoffroy (Coleoptera, Curculionoidea)

Abstract

The study of 131 more or less complete Curculionoid specimens of the collection Étienne Louis Geoffroy, conserved in the Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle de Paris (Entomologie) has permitted the identification of several nominal species that were nomina dubia and the establishment of several new synonymies and combinations, and, in some cases, the reversion of precedence following Art. 23.9 of the Code, declaring nomina protecta and nomina oblita. El estudio de 131 ejemplares de Curculiónidos, más o menos completos, de la colección Étienne Louis Geoffroy conservados en el Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle de París (Entomología) ha permitido identificar varias especies nominales que eran consideradas nomina dubia y establecer varias nuevas sinonimias y combinaciones, e incluso, en algunos casos, recuperar la prioridad de acuerdo con el Art. 23.9 del Código, declarando nomina protecta y nomina oblita. Las nuevas sinonimias son (se indica en primer lugar el nombre válido): Lixus filiformis (Fabricius, 1781) = Curculio longus Gmelin,

Systematics of the Holarctic species of the weevil genus Cleopomiarus Pierce (Coleoptera: Curculionidae)

“…Cleopomiarus plantarum (Germar, 1824) Curculio nigrostriatus Goeze, 1777: 412 (non Goeze, 1777. Alonso-Zarazaga, 2008: 31. Curculio floriger Geoffroy, 1785: 123.…”

“…Synonyms: Four taxa synonymized with C. plantarum were actually described before this species. Whereas Curculio nigrostriatus Goeze, 1777 (p. 412) and C. nigrostriatus Petagna, 1792 are permanently invalid names since they are primary homonyms of Curculio nigrostriatus Goeze, 1777 (p. 380) [synonym of Deporaus betulae (Linnaeus, 1758)] (Alonso- Zarazaga 2008Zarazaga , 2016, the other three taxa (Curculio floriger Geoffroy, 1785; Curculio subglobosus Gmelin, 1790; Curculio floralis Olivier, 1791) were recently considered as nomina oblita by Alonso-Zarazaga (2008. It is noteworthy that in the recently published catalogue of the Palaearctic Curculionidae (Löbl & Smetana, 1913) the same Curculio floralis Olivier, 1791 is reported both as a synonym of Cleopomiarus plantarum (Alonso-Zarazaga 2013: p. 56) and Ceutorhynchus obstrictus (Marsham, 1802) (Colonnelli 2013: p. 57).…”