The genus Sicoderus Vanin 1986 (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Curculioninae: Erodiscini) in the West Indies
Author
Anderson, Robert S.
text
Zootaxa
2018
2018-10-10
4497
3
301
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journal article
29174
10.11646/zootaxa.4497.3.1
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Sicoderus
Vanin, 1986
Sicoderus
Vanin, 1986
: 520
. Type species
Lixus antilope
Fabricius 1801
by original designation. Gender masculine.
Sicoderus
was described by
Vanin (1986)
to accommodate one of three groups of species formerly placed in
Erodiscus sensu
Schoenherr 1826
, the others being
Pimelerodius
and
Prosicoderus
.
Recognition of the genera was based mainly on the structure of the mouthparts, abdominal ventrites and male genitalia (
Vanin 1986
). A total of 57 species placed in 16 species groups were recognized by
Vanin (1986)
. West Indian species belong to the
S. tinamus
and
S. delauneyi
groups.
Vanin (1986)
presents a key to the species groups and to species within each group.