Sympiezomias Explained

Sympiezomias is a genus of beetles belonging to the family Curculionidae.^[1] Species are distributed throughout India, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Malaysia, Thailand, China and Japan. Almost all species are very uniform in external structures which leads to misidentification.^[2]

Description

Eyes lateral, broadly oval and moderately prominent. Rostrum longer than the head. In antennae, scape hardly exceeding the middle of the eye. Scape cylindrical, with slender base. Prothorax truncate at base and apex. Scutellum small. Elytra ovate, and narrowly marginate at the base. True shoulders are absent in elytra. Sternum with the narrow mesosternal epimera. Episterna narrow. Venter with rounded or subtruncate intercoxal process. In legs, femora clavate and front tibiae longer than the others.^[3]

Species

• Sympiezomias acutipennis (Boheman, 1845)
• Sympiezomias anamalainus Marshall, 1916
• Sympiezomias basalis Aurivillius, 1892
• Sympiezomias boesoni Marshall, 1921
• Sympiezomias chenggongensis Chao, 1977
• Sympiezomias cicatricollis Voss, 1932
• Sympiezomias citri Chao, 1977^[4]
• Sympiezomias clams Chao, 1977
• Sympiezomias cretaceus Faust, 1897
• Sympiezomias cribricollis Kono, 1930
• Sympiezomias cupreovirens Marshall, 1918
• Sympiezomias decipiens Marshall, 1916
• Sympiezomias elongatus Chao, 1977
• Sympiezomias frater Marshall, 1916
• Sympiezomias gemmius Zhang, 1992
• Sympiezomias guangxiensis Chao, 1977^[5]
• Sympiezomias herzi Faust, 1887
• Sympiezomias hispidus Marshall, 1916
• Sympiezomias inflatus Faust, 1895
• Sympiezomias kraatzi Heller, 1901
• Sympiezomias lewisi (Roelofs, 1879)
• Sympiezomias lividus Marshall, 1916
• Sympiezomias menglongensis Chao, 1977
• Sympiezomias menzhehensis Chao, 1977
• Sympiezomias peroteti (Boheman, 1845)
• Sympiezomias praeteritus Marshall, 1916
• Sympiezomias serratipes Marshall, 1916
• Sympiezomias setosus Aurivillius, 1892
• Sympiezomias shanensis Marshall, 1941
• Sympiezomias shanghaiensis Chao, 1977
• Sympiezomias subserratipes Ramamurthy, 2010
• Sympiezomias subvirens Marshall, 1941
• Sympiezomias sulcicollis Faust, 1895
• Sympiezomias sulphuratus Marshall, 1916
• Sympiezomias unicolor Chao, 1977
• Sympiezomias variabilis Voss, 1932
• Sympiezomias velatus (Chevrolat, 1845)^[6]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Sympiezomias Faust, 1887 . 17 August 2021 . www.gbif.org . en.
2. Web site: A STUDY OF THE WEEVIL GENUS SYMPIEZOMIAS FAUST FROM CHINA . 16 August 2021 . PeKing Institute of Zoology,Academia Sinica.
3. Web site: THE FAUNA OF BRITISH INDIA, INCLUDING CEYLON AND BURMA: COLEOPTERA. RHYNCHOPHORA :-CURCULIONIDaE . 15 August 2021 . faunaofindia.
4. Selection, Identification and Culture Characteristics of a Highly Virulent Strain of Beauveria towards Sympiezomias citri . 16 August 2021 . Chinese Journal of Biological Control. 8 December 2014 . 30 . 6 . 750 .
5. Web site: A preliminary observation on feeding habit of Sympiezomias guangxiensis L Tianshan, L Xili – Guangxi Zhiwu, 1998 . 16 August 2021 . europepmc.org. January 1998 .
6. Tang . Pei-An . Zhang . Li . Li . Xiao-Peng . Li . Fei-Fan . Yuan . Ming-Long . 12 December 2017 . The complete mitochondrial genome of Sympiezomias velatus (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) . 17 August 2021 . Mitochondrial DNA Part B . 2 . 2 . 449–450 . 10.1080/23802359.2017.1357445 . 7800147 . 33473858.