Corynophilus

Cephalocera Klug, 1834: 252. Type species: Cephalocera pumila Klug, by monotypy. Homonym of Cephalocera Latreille, 1829; discovered by Kirby, 1882: 32.

Corynophilus Kirby, 1882: 32. Replacement name for Cephalocera Klug.

Citations

Brullé 1846 [diagnosis, distribution (range): 670-671]; Cameron 1878a [distribution (range), systematics – classification: 2, 5]; Cameron 1881 [taxonomy: 563]; Cameron 1883 [diagnosis, taxonomy: 53]; Konow 1900 [key: 68, 71]; Konow 1905a [description, distribution (range), key: 32, 34]; Rohwer 1911a [type information: 76, 77]; Benson 1938c [systematics – classification: 381]; Smith 1978 [catalogue/checklist: 174]; Pagliano & Scaramozzino 1990 [catalogue/checklist: 56]; Smith 1990 [diagnosis, distribution (range), key, taxonomy: 99, 106-107]; Abe & Smith 1991 [synonymy, systematics – classification: 18, 22].

Corynophilus pumilus (Klug)

Cephalocera pumila Klug, 1834: 252. Type locality: Brazil. Holotype male. Type depository: ZMHB. Described: male. Illust.

Corynophilus pumilus: Kirby, 1882: 32. Change of combination.

Citations

Kirby 1882 [taxonomy: 32]; Konow 1905a [distribution (range): 34]; Smith 1978 [catalogue/checklist: 174]; Smith 1990 [distribution record, illustration of adult, illustration of male, type information: 98, 107]; Smith 1995a [description of female, description of male, distribution record, host plant, illustration of lance/lancet, illustration of male genitalia, illustration of sawsheath, key, taxonomy: 161-162, 164]; Smith 2006 [catalogue/checklist, host plant: 618].

Distribution

Neotropical: Brazil [Kirby 1882, Konow 1905a, Smith 1978, Smith 1990] (Distrito Federal (=Brasilia) [Smith 1995a, Smith 2006]).

Associations

Host – PROTEALES Proteaceae: Roupala montana Aublet [Smith 1995a, Smith 2006].

Biology

Larvae are leaf miners (Smith 1995a: 162).

TAXONOMY: Smith (1995a) recorded the food plant, described the female for the first time, and transferred the genus from Syzygoniinae, where it was placed by Smith (1990), to Acordulecerinae.