Pachycerus

genus Pachycerus Schoenherr, 1823: c.1137 type species Lixus madidus Olivier, 1807
      Noctivius Desbrochers des Loges, 1906: 70 type species Lixus segnis Germar, 1823

badeni Faust, 1888: 288 (Tetragonothorax) !  TL: “Madagascar”  AFR: MG*
      spinipennis Fairmaire, 1897 (Cleonus): 168  TL: “Madagascar”  AFR: MG*
barclayi Meregalli, 2009: 319 !  TL: “Manapparai”  ASIA: IN*
costulatus Faust, 1890c: 258 !  TL: “Peking”  ASIA: CN(BJ* HE15,16,@ JL15,16,@ LN15,16,@ NM15,16,@ SX@ XJ@) RU4
      costatulus Csiki, 1934: 52 (Cleonus) [unnecessary replacement name]
desertorum Faust, 1904: 223 !  TL: “Kizil-kum”  ASIA: IR18 KZ13,14 TM13,# UZ*
efflatouni Tewfik, 1942: 171 (CleonusTL: “Wadi Sharis”  ASIA: YE*
hippali Meregalli, 2009: 303 !  TL: “between Jeddah and Taif”  AFR: EG# SD#  ASIA: SA*
latirostris Faust, 1891b: 117 !  TL: “Djizak”  ASIA: KZ14 UZ*
madidus Olivier, 1807: 253 (Lixus)  TL: “France, Allemagne”  ASIA: CY1 TR#EUR: BG25 CH26 DE* FR* GR1 HR1 HU1 IT19,# PL1,27 PT1 RO1 SI1 SE1
      albarius Gyllenhal, 1834: 246 !  TL: “Gallia meridionalis” EUR: FR*
obliquatus Faust, 1883d: 199 !  TL: “Samarkand”  ASIA: KG13,14,# KZ13,14,# UZ*
      obliquans Csiki, 1934: 53 (Cleonus) [unnecessary replacement name]
opimus Gyllenhal, 1834: 185 (Cleonus) !  TL: “Senegalia”  AFR: MA28,# MR28,# SN*
planirostris Boheman, 1829: 129 (Cleonus)  TL: “Germania ?” (probably error)  EUR: DE*? IT19,#
sahelicus Meregalli, 2009: 312 !  TL: “Bambey”  AFR: BF* CM* ML* NG# SD* SN*
segnis Germar, 1823: 398 (Lixus) [replacement name]  TL: “Hungaria, Istria, Croatia, Rossia meridionali”  AFR: MA2,#  ASIA: "Transcaucasia"13 AF29,§ AM# CY3 IR13,18,24,# IL4 KZ13 TJ13 TM13 TR11,12 SY# UZ13  EUR: AT1 BA1 BG25 CH26 CZ1,6 DE1 ES1,21 FR& GR23,# HR* HU* IT19,# MD20 MT7 PL1 PT1 RO1,9 RS1,17 RU* SI1 SK1,6 TR1 UA8
      borrae Solari F., 1950: 50 !  TL: “Ovada”  EUR: IT*
      cordiger Germar, 1819: 135 (Curculio) [Homonym]  TL: “Triest”  EUR: IT*
      echii Chevrolat, 1873: 81 !  TL: “Gallia”  EUR: FR*
      madidus premudae Depoli, 1936: 141  TL: “Campo Imperatore”  EUR: IT*
      maritimus Hustache, 1926: 291  TL: “La Siagne”  EUR: FR*
      scabrosus Brullé, 1833: 243  TL: “Morea”  EUR: GR*
      scabrosus Gyllenhal, 1834: 246 [Homonym]  TL: “Gallia meridionalis, Sicilia”  EUR: FR* IT*
sellatus Faust, 1904: 223 !  TL: “Bengala”  ASIA: IN28,# MM28,# NP28,# PK22,28,#
      schenklingi Csiki, 1934: 54 (Cleonus) [unnecessary replacement name]
simonae Meregalli, 2009: 316 !  TL: “Cap Boujdour”  AFR: MA*
somaliensis Meregalli, 2002: 238 !  TL: “Mogadiscio” AFR: SO*
vestitus Fåhraeus, 1842: 49 !  TL: “Bahr el Abiad”  AFR: GN28,# SD* SN28,#

References: 1: Fauna Europaea 2016; 2: Kocher 1961; 3: Alziar 2010; 4: Legalov 2010; 5: Friedmann (pers. comm.); 6: Benedikt & al. 2010; 7: Mifsud & Colonnelli 2010; 8: Mazur 2002; 9: Procheş 1999; 10: Khamraev 2003; 11: Avgın & Colonnelli 2011; 12: Fremuth 1982; 13: Ter-Minasyan 1988a; 14: Bajtenov 1974; 15: Hua 2002; 16: Lang 2012; 17: Pešić & Mesaroš 2012; 18: Legalov & al. 2010; 19: Abbazzi & Maggini 2009; 20: Bacal & al. 2013; 21: Alonso-Zarazaga 2002; 22: Ahmed & Legalov 2015; 23: Bahr & al. 2016; 24: Modarres Awal & Hossein Pour 2010; 25: Angelov 1978; 26: Germann 2010; 27: PolBIN 2016; 28: Meregalli 2009; 29: Ter-Minasyan 1972d §: Entomological Museum of Lund University; @: IOZ

KEY: Faust 1904; Ter Minasyan 1988a (Russia); Skuhrovec & al. 2014 (West Palaearctic)

Remarks. Taxonomy of the Palaearctic species is uncertain. In particular, due to confusion between P. madidus and P. segnis, data on the distribution of the two species are scarcely reliable.

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