Sympiezomias is a genus of beetles belonging to the family Curculionidae. Species are distributed throughout India, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Malaysia, Thailand, China and Japan. Almost all species are very uniform in external structures which leads to misidentification.
Description Eyes lateral, broadly oval and moderately prominent. Rostrum longer than the head. In antennae, scape hardly exceeding the middle of the eye. Scape cylindrical, with slender base. Prothorax truncate at base and apex. Scutellum small. Elytra ovate, and narrowly marginate at the base. True shoulders are absent in elytra. Sternum with the narrow mesosternal epimera. Episterna narrow. Venter with rounded or subtruncate intercoxal process. In legs, femora clavate and front tibiae longer than the others.
Species Sympiezomias acutipennis (Boheman, 1845) Sympiezomias anamalainus Marshall, 1916 Sympiezomias basalis Aurivillius, 1892 Sympiezomias boesoni Marshall, 1921 Sympiezomias chenggongensis Chao, 1977 Sympiezomias cicatricollis Voss, 1932 Sympiezomias citri Chao, 1977 Sympiezomias clams Chao, 1977 Sympiezomias cretaceus Faust, 1897 Sympiezomias cribricollis Kono, 1930 Sympiezomias cupreovirens Marshall, 1918 Sympiezomias decipiens Marshall, 1916 Sympiezomias elongatus Chao, 1977 Sympiezomias frater Marshall, 1916 Sympiezomias gemmius Zhang, 1992 Sympiezomias guangxiensis Chao, 1977 Sympiezomias herzi Faust, 1887 Sympiezomias hispidus Marshall, 1916 Sympiezomias inflatus Faust, 1895 Sympiezomias kraatzi Heller, 1901 Sympiezomias lewisi (Roelofs, 1879) Sympiezomias lividus Marshall, 1916 Sympiezomias menglongensis Chao, 1977 Sympiezomias menzhehensis Chao, 1977 Sympiezomias peroteti (Boheman, 1845) Sympiezomias praeteritus Marshall, 1916 Sympiezomias serratipes Marshall, 1916 Sympiezomias setosus Aurivillius, 1892 Sympiezomias shanensis Marshall, 1941 Sympiezomias shanghaiensis Chao, 1977 Sympiezomias subserratipes Ramamurthy, 2010 Sympiezomias subvirens Marshall, 1941 Sympiezomias sulcicollis Faust, 1895 Sympiezomias sulphuratus Marshall, 1916 Sympiezomias unicolor Chao, 1977 Sympiezomias variabilis Voss, 1932 Sympiezomias velatus (Chevrolat, 1845)
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