Ho Yun, Chen Shan-Min, Amarga Ace Kevin S, Tsai Jing-Fu, Ho Bin-Hong, Jeng Ming-Luen, Tseng Hui-Yun
Department of Entomology, National Taiwan University, No. 1, Sec. 4, Roosevelt Rd., Da'an Dist., Taipei City 106, Taiwan National Taiwan University Taipei Taiwan.
Biodiversity Program, Taiwan International Graduate Program, Biodiversity Research Center, Academia Sinica, Nangang District, Taipei 11529, Taiwan Biodiversity Research Center, Academia Sinica Taipei Taiwan.
Zookeys. 2025 Jun 30;1243:289-352. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.1243.143198. eCollection 2025.
The genus comprises a group of entimine weevils with diverse body coloration, endemic to the islands of Southeast Asia, with the highest diversity of species found in the Philippines. In the past ten years, many new species have been discovered, necessitating an updated list of weevils for future study. This checklist provides the valid names, synonyms, type depository, type locality, and distribution of each species, with ecological information such as host plants and life history. Species are further classified into defined species groups based on recent revisions using morphology and genetic analyses. A region-based analysis across eight major faunal areas highlights spatial patterns in species richness. Since the first species was described 200 years ago, a total of 179 species and 43 subspecies (excluding nominotypical subspecies) have been recognized, with 45.8% of species distributed in the Greater Luzon Faunal Region and 39.1% in Greater Mindanao. However, most species still lack ecological information, indicating the difficulty in collecting these data, and further investigations are needed.
该属包括一群体色多样的食植象鼻虫,为东南亚岛屿特有,其中菲律宾的物种多样性最高。在过去十年中,发现了许多新物种,因此需要一份更新的象鼻虫名录以供未来研究。本清单提供了每个物种的有效名称、同义词、模式标本保存地、模式产地和分布情况,以及诸如寄主植物和生活史等生态信息。根据最近使用形态学和遗传分析进行的修订,物种进一步被分类为明确的物种组。一项跨越八个主要动物区的基于区域的分析突出了物种丰富度的空间模式。自200年前首次描述该物种以来,共识别出179个物种和43个亚种(不包括指名亚种),其中45.8%的物种分布在大吕宋动物区,39.1%分布在大棉兰老岛。然而,大多数物种仍缺乏生态信息,这表明收集这些数据存在困难,需要进一步开展调查。