Phloeophagus Schoenherr 1838

Phloeophagus Schoenherr, 1838 [New Japanese name: Futo-kikui-zômushi-zoku] Phloeophagus Schoenherr, 1838: 1047 [type species: Phloeophagus lignarius sensu Schoenherr, 1838 nec. Marsham, 1802 (misidentification of Phloeophagus turbatus Schoenherr, 1845)]; Bedel, 1885: 196 [as junior synonym of Rhyncolus Germar, 1817]; Marshall, 1937: 54 [resurrected] & 55 [in key]; Voss, 1955: 229 [redescription]; Folwaczny, 1973: 71 [in key] & 150 [redescription]; Alonso-Zarazaga & Lyal, 1999: 123 [cataloged); Alonso-Zarazaga, 2002: 10 [diagnosis of Melicius Alonso- Zarazaga, 2002). Diagnosis. Phloeophagus is characterized by the combination of following character states: rostrum much longer than wide, longer than head; antennal scrobes directed obliquely toward ventral side; postocular constriction weak; antennae with scape reaching middle or behind middle of eye, not reaching posterior margin of eye; funicle seven segmented; prothorax with posterior margin straight; scutellum present; front coxae almost contiguous; mesoventrite almost at same level as or weakly depressed below level of metaventrite (based on and modified from the following literature: Marshall 1937; Voss 1955; Folwaczny 1973; Alonso-Zarazaga 2002).