Weevil - Scaphomorphus poricollis

Moved

Moved from Scaphomorphus.

… Guy A. Hanley, 9 February, 2009 - 11:48am

Scaphomorphus poricollis (Mannerheim, 1843)

Robert Anderson det.

… v belov, 9 February, 2009 - 11:19am

pls move to Scaphomorphus

… v belov, 10 December, 2008 - 10:44am

Cleonidius [willow is an accident]

MCZ types available for all 5 spp. recorded from MB & SK, and C. erysimi Fall seems to be the best match

… v belov, 21 November, 2008 - 3:46pm

sooo..

how do we treat this one?...Looks like Cleonidius is now Scaphomorphus and there is only one North American species of Cleonis listed in the American Beetles volume, C. pigra. So I assume that all others including C. erysimi has been moved over to Scaphomorphus?

… Guy A. Hanley, 21 November, 2008 - 4:56pm

yes, they are under Scaphomorphus in the guide

but Cleonis pigra has nothing to do with the bunch in question

… v belov, 21 November, 2008 - 5:14pm

MCZ

The only type specimen that I could find in the MCZ you pointed to is Cleonus erysimi, which was in Cleonidius and it looks to me like the spellings of Cleonus and Cleonis are synonyms? Maybe I am wrong there, but if correct, then both pigra and erysimi are in the same genera and the American beetles volume is wrong, as then there would now be at least two species in the genus in North America. Thats where I am confused. Perhaps there is a taxonomy clarification somewhere I need to look at...

… Guy A. Hanley, 21 November, 2008 - 8:40pm

all you need is looking in Canada checklist

photos of all the relevant types are available [mostly under synonymized names]

… v belov, 21 November, 2008 - 8:53pm