The Cleridae, Anthribidae and Curculionidae (Coleoptera) described by Ponza Author Colonnelli, Enzo Author Nardi, Gianluca text Zootaxa 2019 2019-04-24 4590 1 196 199 journal article 26976 10.11646/zootaxa.4590.1.11 393320d9-8fc2-4f7f-a2d9-0d7e46db0f0c 1175-5326 2651528 C430A9DC-76FC-4644-AEE2-8A19A5BD1919 Dissoleucas niveirostris ( Fabricius, 1798 ) Anthribus niveirostris Fabricius, 1798 : 160 . Curculio ? dubius Ponza, 1805 : 65 , pl. 1, Lin. 3[.3] Hoffmann (1945 : 148) apparently was the first to recognize C. dubius Ponza as a junior synonym of D. niveirostris (Fabricius) [as Tropideres ( Enedreutes ) niveirostris ]. The name is a junior primary homonym of C. dubius Strøm, 1783 and therefore permanently invalid. It was overlooked by previous cataloguers despite its original placement in Anthribidae : "Ad Anthribos D. Geoffroy certe referendum. Curculiones inter, et Attelabos medium tenet locum." ( Ponza 1805 : 65). Dissoleucas niveirostris is widespread in Piedmont and is recorded from all Italian regions, Aosta Valley excepted ( Abbazzi et al . 2001 ; Norbiato & Bartolozzi 2017 ).