Taxonomic Notes on Myllocerus malignus Faust (Coleoptera: Curculionidae, Entiminae)

• Published in: Entomological research Vol. 33; no. 4; pp. 223 - 229
• Main Authors: HAN, Kyungduk, HONG, Ki-Jeong
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford, UK Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.12.2003; 한국곤충학회
• Subjects: Coleoptera; Curculionidae; Korea; Myllocerus malignus Faust; Taxonomy; 생물학
• ISSN: 1738-2297; 1748-5967; 1748-5967
• DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-5967.2003.tb00073.x

ABSTRACT ABSTRACT Myllocerus malignus Faust was described new to science from Korea in 1887. Since then, the species collected from Korea and Far‐east Russia has been misidentified as Eumyllocerus gratiosus Sharp, E. filicornis (Reitter), or E. longulus Egorov et Zherikhin. A taxonomic review of Myllocerus malignus Faust (1887) with its synonymy and the clarification of sexual dimorphism is presented. As a results, Myllocerus viridiaureus Suvorov (1915) and Eumyllocerus longulus Egorov et Zherikhin (1990) are synonymized with Myllocerus malignus.