Sicoderus Vanin, 1986

Anderson, Robert S., 2018, The genus Sicoderus Vanin 1986 (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Curculioninae: Erodiscini) in the West Indies, Zootaxa 4497 (3), pp. 301-345 : 303

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Sicoderus Vanin, 1986 View in CoL

Sicoderus Vanin, 1986: 520 View in CoL . Type species Lixus antilope Fabricius 1801 View in CoL by original designation. Gender masculine.

Sicoderus View in CoL was described by Vanin (1986) to accommodate one of three groups of species formerly placed in Erodiscus sensu Schoenherr 1826 View in CoL , the others being Pimelerodius View in CoL and Prosicoderus View in CoL .

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.