Sympiezomias


Sympiezomias is a genus of beetles belonging to the family Curculionidae. 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.

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.

Species

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