Omophorus Schoenherr, 1835

Wang, Zhiliang, Alonso-Zarazaga, Miguel A., Ren, Li & Zhang, Runzhi, 2011, New subgenus and new species of Oriental Omophorus (Coleoptera, Curculionidae, Molytinae, Metatygini), ZooKeys 85, pp. 41-60 : 42

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https://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.85.973

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scientific name

Omophorus Schoenherr, 1835
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Genus Omophorus Schoenherr, 1835

Type species.

Omophorus stomachosus Boheman, 1835. For a complete synonymy, check Appendix I. This genus includes two subgenera: Omophorus s.str., with five species showing an Afrotropical distribution and Pangomophorus Voss, 1960, with a single species described from Papua New Guinea. A new subgenus and species from China are described below:

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Coleoptera

Family

Curculionidae