Rhinoncus paganus Gyllenhal 1837

Wijesinghe, Dilshara D. & Hong, Ki-Jeong, 2025, Checklist of Sri Lankan weevils (Coleoptera: Curculionoidea: Curculionidae; excluding Scolytinae and Platypodinae): Based on literature data, Zootaxa 5719 (2), pp. 151-206 : 159

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scientific name	Rhinoncus paganus Gyllenhal 1837
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Rhinoncus paganus Gyllenhal 1837 View in CoL ( Fig.1A View FIGURE 1 )

Rhinoncus paganus Gyllenhal 1837: 586 View in CoL . [ Type locality: E. India — Calcutta ]

Rhinoncus luzonicus Hustache 1925: 333 View in CoL . [ Type locality: Philippines — Luzon ]

Materials examined. 69♀, 45♂, Deduru oya valley, Ariyagama, 21.viii.2025 ; 1♂, Kandalama Lake , 25.viii.2025 ; 1♂, Tarane Lake , Nagalawewa, 16.viii.2025 ; 3♀, 3♂, Egoda Lake , Kibissa, 17.viii.2025 Dilshara D. Wijesinghe, (sweep netting)

Distribution. Sri Lanka (new record), Bangladesh, Indonesia, Laos, Nepal, Philippines, Thailand, Vietnam, South Africa.

Remarks. According to the database of the Entomological Collections, Biological Museum, Lund University ( MZLU), three preserved specimens of this species are recorded from Sri Lanka.

Supertribe Conoderitae Schoenherr 1833

Tribe Campyloscelini Schoenherr 1845

Subtribe Phaenomerina Faust 1898

Genus Phaenomerus Schoenherr 1836

Phaenomerus Schoenherr 1836: 632 . [ Type species: Phaenomerus sundewalli Boheman 1836 ]

Aparallelodemas Morimoto 1961: 22 . [ Type species: Aparallelodemas foveipenne Morimoto 1961 ]

Alsirhinus Fairmaire 1898: 245 . [ Type species: Alsirhinus lineolatus Fairmaire 1898 ]

Podalgomerus Motschulsky 1863: 529 . [ Type species: Podalgomerus nebulosus Motschulsky 1863 = Phaenomerus sundewalli Boheman 1836 View in CoL ]