Stromboscerini

Stromboscerini
Stromboscerus sp
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Cucujiformia
Superfamily:	Curculionoidea
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 (Zygopinae) 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
• http://www.coleoptera.org/p1518.htm