taxonID	type	description	language	source
03BA87F6FFCAFFAFFF06FF4FFC96FC9E.taxon	discussion	Remarks. This genus is characterized by the following combination of features: Antennae with club loosely segmented; pygidium (female) (Fig. 28) and propygidium (male) (Fig. 29) broadly exposed; tibiae unarmed at apex, tarsal groove not ascended; hind femora weakly swollen, relatively more slender than those of other genera in this tribe; 7 th tergite with pair of files for stridulation at anterior margin (Fig. 30); bladal part of 8 th sternite bilobed in female, and spermatheca with gland close to duct. Kojima (2011) proposed that Megorchestes was probably related to Synorchestes, but the former differs in having the fore and middle tibiae armed at apex and the prosternum is deeply emarginate and depressed in front of the coxae.	en	Ayri, Shaloo, Kojima, Hiroaki, Y, R A M A M U Rt H (2012): Flea weevils of the genus Synorchestes Voss (Coleoptera, Curculionidae, Curculioninae, Rhamphini), with description of a second species from India. Zootaxa 3568: 74-80, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.213812
03BA87F6FFCAFFAFFF06FF4FFC96FC9E.taxon	distribution	Distribution. China, Taiwan, India (new country record).	en	Ayri, Shaloo, Kojima, Hiroaki, Y, R A M A M U Rt H (2012): Flea weevils of the genus Synorchestes Voss (Coleoptera, Curculionidae, Curculioninae, Rhamphini), with description of a second species from India. Zootaxa 3568: 74-80, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.213812
03BA87F6FFCAFFA8FF06FB05FA8EFD8B.taxon	description	Description. Male. Length (excluding rostrum): 3.80 – 4.20 mm; width: 1.29 – 2.00 mm. Derm black, apex of rostrum, antennal scape and club, and tarsi brownish; clothed with greyish hairy scales, often with slight bluish tinge (Figs. 1 – 2). Head with dense setiferous punctures; forehead between eyes very narrow, with single row of hairy scales. Rostrum 0.7 x longer than pronotum, in side view weakly arcuate and tapered apically, in dorsal view subparallelsided except around antennal insertion widened and weakly dilated laterally at apex; dorsum with median impunctate area from base and widening apically. Antennae inserted at middle of rostrum; length (width) from scape to funicle as 19 (5): 6 (4): 7 (2): 3 (2): 3 (3): 3 (3): 3 (3): 3 (4), club 6 (7): 7 (8): 20 (7). Prothorax about 1.3 x broader than long, widest at base, narrowing nearly directly from base to middle, then in a weak curve to subapical constriction; dorsum with dense coarse setiferous punctures. Scutellum subtriangular, about 1.5 x longer than wide, with dense hairy scales as on elytra. Elytra ovate, 1.2 – 1.3 x longer than wide, subparallel-sided on basal half, evenly convex dorsally, highest at middle in profile; striae distinctly punctate throughout length, each puncture about 2 x longer than wide, with single setae; intervals flat (Fig. 27), except 1 st interval weakly convex, with shallow, dense setiferous punctures. Legs with hind femora slightly broader than fore and middle pairs, about 4.0 x as long as broad; hind tarsi with 1 st segment 1.5 x longer than broad. Mesosternal process nearly as wide as middle coxa. Genitalia as illustrated (Figs. 14 – 16); aedeagus 1.5 x longer that apophyses, with minute setae on anterior margin; spiculum gastrale nearly as long as aedeagal body; internal sac asperate, with J-shaped sclerite; tegmen ringed. Female (Figs. 3 – 4). Length (excluding rostrum): 4.35 – 4.50 mm; width, 2.39 – 2.50 mm. Resembles male, except rostrum 0.9 x as long as pronotum; antennae with apical segment of club a little longer than basal two segments combined. Genitalia as illustrated (Figs. 17 – 18); bladal part of sternite 8 nearly as long as apodeme; spermatheca with ramus (lateral part) developed.	en	Ayri, Shaloo, Kojima, Hiroaki, Y, R A M A M U Rt H (2012): Flea weevils of the genus Synorchestes Voss (Coleoptera, Curculionidae, Curculioninae, Rhamphini), with description of a second species from India. Zootaxa 3568: 74-80, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.213812
03BA87F6FFCAFFA8FF06FB05FA8EFD8B.taxon	materials_examined	Type series. Holotype: male. India: Jorhat, 12. ii. 2011, Coll. R. Kumar, NPIB. Paratypes: 6 Ƥ, 6 3, with data same as holotype. Type depository. National Pusa Collection (NPC), Division of Entomology, Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi, India.	en	Ayri, Shaloo, Kojima, Hiroaki, Y, R A M A M U Rt H (2012): Flea weevils of the genus Synorchestes Voss (Coleoptera, Curculionidae, Curculioninae, Rhamphini), with description of a second species from India. Zootaxa 3568: 74-80, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.213812
03BA87F6FFCAFFA8FF06FB05FA8EFD8B.taxon	etymology	Etymology. This species is named after the country of India.	en	Ayri, Shaloo, Kojima, Hiroaki, Y, R A M A M U Rt H (2012): Flea weevils of the genus Synorchestes Voss (Coleoptera, Curculionidae, Curculioninae, Rhamphini), with description of a second species from India. Zootaxa 3568: 74-80, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.213812
03BA87F6FFCAFFA8FF06FB05FA8EFD8B.taxon	distribution	Distribution. India: Assam (Jorhat).	en	Ayri, Shaloo, Kojima, Hiroaki, Y, R A M A M U Rt H (2012): Flea weevils of the genus Synorchestes Voss (Coleoptera, Curculionidae, Curculioninae, Rhamphini), with description of a second species from India. Zootaxa 3568: 74-80, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.213812
03BA87F6FFCAFFA8FF06FB05FA8EFD8B.taxon	biology_ecology	Biology. This species is a gall-maker on Persea bombycina (King ex Hook. f) Kosterm. (Lauraceae) (Figs. 31 – 37), an abundant plant in almost all parts of India, Nepal, Myanmar, Cambodia, Malaysia and Indonesia.	en	Ayri, Shaloo, Kojima, Hiroaki, Y, R A M A M U Rt H (2012): Flea weevils of the genus Synorchestes Voss (Coleoptera, Curculionidae, Curculioninae, Rhamphini), with description of a second species from India. Zootaxa 3568: 74-80, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.213812
03BA87F6FFCDFFA8FF06FD6CFDA3FB02.taxon	description	Description See Voss (1958) and Morimoto & Miyalawa (1996) for description except genitalia (Figs. 5 – 8, 9 – 12, 19 – 20, 25 – 26): aedeagus with short setae on anterior margin (as in S. indicus); spiculum gastrale longer than aedeagal body; bladal part of female sternite 8 longer than apodeme; spermatheca with ramus not developed. This species is very similar to S. indicus except for the characters provided in the key. Specimens examined. 1 male, Holotype (preserved in the Zoologisches Forschungsmuseum Alexander Koenig, Bonn); 1 female, Shi Nan Shanm near Liu Kui, S-Taiwan, 29. IV. 1986, K. Baba (ELKU); 1 male, Shan Piug (1000 m), nea Liu Kui, S-Taiwan, 29. IV. 1986, K. Baba (ELKU); 1 female, near Liukuei, Kaosiung Hs., Taiwan, 5 – 9. iv. 1995, H. Kojima (ELKU).	en	Ayri, Shaloo, Kojima, Hiroaki, Y, R A M A M U Rt H (2012): Flea weevils of the genus Synorchestes Voss (Coleoptera, Curculionidae, Curculioninae, Rhamphini), with description of a second species from India. Zootaxa 3568: 74-80, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.213812
03BA87F6FFCDFFA8FF06FD6CFDA3FB02.taxon	distribution	Distribution. China (Fukien), Taiwan.	en	Ayri, Shaloo, Kojima, Hiroaki, Y, R A M A M U Rt H (2012): Flea weevils of the genus Synorchestes Voss (Coleoptera, Curculionidae, Curculioninae, Rhamphini), with description of a second species from India. Zootaxa 3568: 74-80, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.213812
