Curculio

Acorn weevil Curculio glandium, copyright Elke Freese.

Belongs within: Curculioninae.

Curculio is a genus of weevils with a thin, elongate rostrum whose larvae feed on seeds and galls of Fagaceae, Betulaceae and Juglandaceae.

Curculio Linnaeus 1758 [incl. Balaninus Germar 1817; Balaninides, Curculionini] M94
    |--*C. nucum Linnaeus 1758 M94 [=Rhynchaenus nucum L02]
    |--C. abietis Linnaeus 1758 L58
    |--C. acridulus Linnaeus 1758 L58
    |--C. albinus Linnaeus 1758 L58
    |--C. algirus Linnaeus 1758 L58
    |--C. alliariae Linnaeus 1758 L58
    |--C. alni Linnaeus 1758 L58
    |--C. amoenus Fabricius 1775 Z93 [=Balaninus amoenus Mas86, Rhynchaenus amoenus B35]
    |--C. annulatus Linnaeus 1758 L58
    |--C. apterus Linnaeus 1758 L58
    |--C. arator Linnaeus 1758 L58
    |--C. argentatus Linnaeus 1758 L58
    |--C. argyreus Linnaeus 1758 L58
    |--C. ater Linnaeus 1758 L58
    |--C. aterrimus Linnaeus 1758 L58
    |--C. baculi M94
    |--C. barbarus Linnaeus 1758 L58
    |--C. betulae Linnaeus 1758 L58
    |--C. bipunctatus Linnaeus 1758 L58
    |--C. carbonarius Linnaeus 1758 L58
    |--C. carya B14
    |--C. caryatrypes (Boheman 1843) B14
    |--C. cervinus Linnaeus 1758 L58
    |--C. chinensis Linnaeus 1758 L58
    |--C. cloropus Linnaeus 1758 L58
    |--C. cordiger L02
    |--C. cornutus Linnaeus 1758 L58
    |--C. cupreus Linnaeus 1758 L58
    |--C. cyaneus Linnaeus 1758 L58
    |--C. depressus Linnaeus 1758 L58
    |--C. dorsalis Linnaeus 1758 L58
    |--C. elegans Z02
    |--C. elephas B14
    |--C. emeritus Linnaeus 1758 L58
    |--C. fagi Linnaeus 1758 L58
    |--C. fraudator M94
    |--C. germanus Linnaeus 1758 L58
    |--C. glandium (Marsham 1802) HF03
    |--C. granulatus Linnaeus 1758 L58
    |--C. guttatus Mas86
    |--C. hemipterus Linnaeus 1758 L58
    |--C. hispidus Linnaeus 1758 L58
    |--C. incanus Linnaeus 1758 L58
    |--C. indus Linnaeus 1758 L58
    |--C. lapathi Linnaeus 1758 L58 [=Rhynchaenus lapathi L02]
    |--‘Balaninus’ mastersi Pascoe 1872 Mas86
    |--C. melanocardius Linnaeus 1758 L58
    |--C. mendicus Z93
    |--C. mucoreus Linnaeus 1758 L58
    |--C. nebulosus Linnaeus 1758 L58
    |--C. ovatus Linnaeus 1758 L58
    |--C. pardalis (Chittenden 1908) D09
    |--C. pedicularius Linnaeus 1758 L58
    |--C. pericarpius Linnaeus 1758 L58
    |--C. pini Linnaeus 1758 L58
    |--C. pomorum Linnaeus 1758 L58
    |--C. populi Linnaeus 1758 L58
    |--C. purpureus Linnaeus 1758 L58
    |--C. pusio Linnaeus 1758 L58
    |--C. pyrrhoceras (Marsham 1802) HF03
    |--C. quattuormaculatus Linnaeus 1758 L58
    |--C. quercus Linnaeus 1758 L58
    |--C. quinquemaculatus Linnaeus 1758 L58
    |--C. quinquepunctatus Linnaeus 1758 L58 [=Rhynchaenus quinquepunctatus] L02
    |--C. rectirostris Linnaeus 1758 L58
    |--C. ruficornis Linnaeus 1758 L58
    |--C. rufipes Linnaeus 1758 L58
    |--C. rumicis Linnaeus 1758 L58
    |--C. salicis Linnaeus 1758 L58
    |--C. salicivorus Paykull 1792 HF03
    |--C. scaber Linnaeus 1758 L58
    |--C. scrophulariae Linnaeus 1758 L58
    |--C. sedecimpunctatus Linnaeus 1758 L58
    |--C. segetis Linnaeus 1758 L58
    |--C. speciosus Linnaeus 1758 L58
    |--C. stigma Linnaeus 1758 L58
    |--C. syriacus Desbrochers 1875 HF03
    |--C. t-album Linnaeus 1758 L58
    |--‘Balaninus’ tersus Pascoe 1885 Mac86
    |--‘Curculio’ tridens B35
    |--C. vaginalis Linnaeus 1758 L58
    |--C. violaceus Linnaeus 1758 L58
    |--C. viridis Linnaeus 1758 L58
    `--C. vittatus Linnaeus 1758 L58

Nomen nudum: Curculio sanctus Hoffmanns in Schoenherr 1823 [=Somatodes sanctus] Z93

*Type species of generic name indicated

REFERENCES

[B35] Boisduval, J. B. 1835. Voyage de Découvertes de l’Astrolabe. Exécuté par ordre du Roi, pendant les années 1826–1827–1828–1829, sous le commandement de M. J. Dumont d'Urville. Faune entomologique de l'océan Pacifique, avec l'illustration des insectes nouveaux recueillis pendant le voyage vol. 2. Coléoptères et autres ordres. J. Tastu: Paris.

[B14] Bouchard, P. (ed.) 2014. The Book of Beetles: A lifesize guide to six hundred of nature's gems. Ivy Press: Lewes (United Kingdom).

[D09] Davis, S. R. 2009. Morphology of Baridinae and related groups (Coleoptera, Curculionidae). ZooKeys 10: 1–136.

[HF03] Halperin, J., & J. Fremuth. 2003. Contribution to the knowledge of Curculionoidea (Coleoptera) and their host plants in Israel. Zoology in the Middle East 29: 93–100.

[L58] Linnaeus, C. 1758. Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentii Salvii: Holmiae.

[Mac86] Macleay, W. 1886. The insects of the Fly River, New Guinea, "Coleoptera" (continued). Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales, series 2, 1 (1): 183–204.

[Mas86] Masters, G. 1886. Catalogue of the described Coleoptera of Australia. Part V. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales, series 2, 1 (3): 585–686.

[M94] May, B. M. 1994. An introduction to the immature stages of Australian Curculionoidea. In: Zimmerman, E. C. Australian Weevils (Coleoptera: Curculionoidea) vol. 2. Brentidae, Eurhynchidae, Apionidae and a chapter on immature stages by Brenda May pp. 365–728. CSIRO Australia.

[Z02] Zherikhin, V. V. 2002. Ecological history of the terrestrial insects. In: Rasnitsyn, A. P., & D. L. J. Quicke (eds) History of Insects pp. 331–388. Kluwer Academic Publishers: Dordrecht.

[Z93] Zimmerman, E. C. 1993. Australian Weevils (Coleoptera: Curculionoidea) vol. 3. Nanophyidae, Rhynchophoridae, Erirhinidae, Curculionidae: Amycterinae, literature consulted. CSIRO Australia.