Panscopus Schönherr, 1842

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 : 14

Subgenus Panscopus Schönherr, 1842

Panscopus Schönherr 1842: 266 . Gender masculine. Type species: Barynotus erinaceus Say, 1832 , by original designation. Gemminger and Harold 1871: 2307; Horn 1876: 42; LeConte and Horn 1883: 444; Pierce 1913: 390 (as subgenus); Blatchley and Leng 1916: 103; Leng 1920: 312; Buchanan 1927, 1936; Schenkling and Marshall 1931: 39; Blackwelder 1939: 66; Kissinger 1964: 36; Hatch 1971: 288; O’ Brien and Wibmer 1982: 63; Alonso-Zarazaga and Lyal 1999: 186; Anderson 2002: 782; Bright and Bouchard 2008: 248; Ciegler 2010: 199; Bousquet et al. 2013: 345.

Diagnosis. A pair of setae on the ventral surface of the prementum, inserted at the anterior onethird to mid-length, and sinuous elytral humeral angles in dorsal view resulting from the convergence of intervals 7 and 9 a short distance distad of the anterior margin of the elytron distinguish representatives of this subgenus from those of all other taxa of Panscopus (sensu lato).

Included Species. Panscopus alternatus , P. erinaceus , and P. impressus .