Rhinotus Cook, 1896

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Genus Rhinotus Cook, 1896

Rhinotus purpureus ( Pocock, 1894)

Siphonotus purpureus Pocock 1894 . Journal of the Linnean Society of London, Zoology, 24(157): 479, plate 37, fig. 5; ST FEMALE (BMNH), from St. Vincent, Lesser Antilles.

Siphonotus purpureus — Loomis 1934 . Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections, 89(14): 9.

Siphonoconus purpureus — Causey 1965 . Proceedings of the Louisiana Academy of Sciences, 28: 53, fig. 1.

Rhinotus purpureus — Hoffman 1977 . Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift, NF 24(4–5): 429.

Rhinotus purpureus — Hoffman 1999 . Virginia Museum of Natural History Special Publication Number 8: 36.

Siphonotus africanus Cook, 1896 . American Naturalist, 30(358): 842, plate 18, figs. 1–15. ST (USNM) from Freetown, Sierra Leone; Hoffman 1977. Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift, NF 24(4–5): 429, suggested synonymy; listed as a potential synonym in Hoffman (1999).

Siphonotus miamiensis Causey, 1953 . Florida Entomologist, 36: 71, figs. 1–2. MALE HT (INHS) from Miami, Dade Co., Florida. Synonymized by Causey 1965. Proceedings of the Louisiana of Sciences, 28: 53.

Distribution in Venezuela: The presence of the species in Caracas, Venezuela was assumed by Hoffman (1999: 36).