Panscopus (Parapanscopus), Buchanan, 1936

Spanton, Timothy G. & Anderson, Robert S., 2016, A Taxonomic Revision of Weevils of the Genus Panscopus Schönherr (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Entiminae: Tropiphorini), The Coleopterists Bulletin (mo 15) 70, pp. 1-86 : 11

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scientific name	Panscopus (Parapanscopus)
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Subgenus Parapanscopus Buchanan, 1936

Parapanscopus Buchanan 1936: 5 . Gender masculine. Type species: Panscopus maculosus Blatchley , by original designation. Blackwelder 1939: 66; Kissinger 1964: 36; Alonso-Zarazaga and Lyal 1999: 186; Anderson 2002: 782; Bousquet et al. 2013: 345.

Subgeneric Name. Derived from the Greek word “para”, beside, or near, and Panscopus , thus “near Panscopus ”.

Diagnosis. Adults of this subgenus possess a pair of setae on the ventral surface of the prementum, located near the anterior margin, and have no median longitudinal sulcus evident on the pronotum.

Included species. Only the eastern North American species P. maculosus and P. ovatipennis are included in this subgenus.