Genyocerus pendleburyi (Schedl)

Beaver, R. A. & L. - Y, 2007, A review of the genus Genyocerus Motschulsky (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Platypodinae), with new synonyms and keys to species, Zootaxa 1576 (1), pp. 25-56 : 38

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scientific name	Genyocerus pendleburyi (Schedl)
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Genyocerus pendleburyi (Schedl) View in CoL

Diapus pendleburyi Schedl, 1936a: 18 View in CoL .

Genyocerus pendleburyi (Schedl) View in CoL . Beaver, 1998: 185.

Diapus albipennis Strohmeyer, 1942: 284 View in CoL . n. syn.

Genyocerus strohmeyeri Wood, 1992: 78 View in CoL . (Replacement name for G. albipennis View in CoL ( Strohmeyer 1942 nec Motschulsky 1858) n. syn.

Taxonomy: We have compared four male syntypes of D. albipennis Strohmeyer View in CoL (DEI) with a male of G. pendleburyi View in CoL in RAB's collection, which had previously been compared with a paralectotype male in BMNH. Strohmeyer (1942) notes that D. albipennis View in CoL is very close to D. pendleburyi View in CoL , and the supposed difference in the pronotal pores which he gives to distinguish the species does not exist. Following the transfer of D. albipennis View in CoL to the genus Genyocerus View in CoL by Wood (1992), a new name for the species was required because of homonymy with G. albipennis Motschulsky View in CoL , the type species of the genus. Wood (1992) renamed the species G. strohmeyeri View in CoL . However, Wood's name must also fall as a synonym of D. pendleburyi View in CoL . Schedl (1942) briefly described the female of G. pendleburyi View in CoL but evidently based his description on a specimen in which the brushes of hairs on the frons had been abraded. These brushes are described and figured by Strohmeyer (1942) in his description of the female of D. albipennis View in CoL . As noted above, the supposed 'allotype' of Diacavus abdominalis View in CoL is a female of this species.

Distribution: The species is distributed from Northeastern India (Assam) through Southeast Asia to Borneo and the Philippines. It has been intercepted in timber from Indonesia and the Philippines imported into Japan and Korea.

Biology: It usually breeds in trees of the family Dipterocarpaceae ( Anisoptera , Dipterocarpus , Dryobalanops, Pentacme , Shorea ), but has also been recorded from Fagaceae (Quercus) . Browne (1977) notes that the record from Quercus sp. came from a site at high altitude where dipterocarps were scarce.