Silvacalles, 2010

Stüben, Peter E. & Astrin, Jonas J., 2010, Molecular phylogeny in endemic weevils: revision of the genera of Macaronesian Cryptorhynchinae (Coleoptera: Curculionidae), Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 160 (1), pp. 40-87 : 60

SILVACALLES STÜBEN & ASTRIN GEN. NOV.

( FIGS 6A–E, 7A–E, 8A–E )

Type species: Acalles instabilis Wollaston, 1864

Wollaston, 1864, 1865; Roudier, 1954; Behne, 2000; Kulbe in: Stüben, 2000a; Riede & Stüben, 2000; Stüben, 2000a, b, c, 2002b, 2007b, 2008a; Stüben et al., 2003; Stüben & Germann, 2005; Germann & Stüben, 2006; Astrin & Stüben, 2008; Stüben et al., 2009 in press.

Compilation of the subgenera and species of the genus Silvacalles

Silvacalles s.s.

Silvacalles instabilis ( Wollaston, 1864) comb. nov. (formerly: Acalles , Dendroacalles ) – Tenerife (including type locality), Gran Canaria

Silvacalles mundus ( Wollaston, 1864) comb. nov. (formerly: Acalles , Dendroacalles ) – La Palma

Silvacalles lepidus ( Kulbe, 2000) comb. nov. (formerly: Acalles , Dendroacalles ) – La Palma

Figures

Figures 2–22. Morphological, biological, and ecological comparison of the genera and subgenera of Macaronesian Cryptorhynchinae along with the respective sections of the tree; (TS) = type species. Figures 4E and 5E show a section of the tree that results when 16S sequences for Aeoniacalles aeonisimilis* and Dendroacalles euphorbiacus* are excluded.