A Review of the GenusCURCULIOL. from China with Descriptions of New Taxa. Part I (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Curculioninae: Curculionini)

The taxa of Curculio L. found in China are segregated into seven groups based on simple morphological characteristics and a key to the first groups, Curculio robustus Roelofs, Curculio flavescens (Roelofs) and the remaining five groups of Curculio from China are presented. Descriptions are included of the following taxa: Curculio beverlyae, new species, Curculio vivianae, new species, Curculio cristinae, new species, and Curculio fausti, new species. Redescriptions are provided of Curculio deceptor panthaicus (Heller), Curculio flavescens (Roelofs) and Curculio robustus (Roelofs). Curculio funebris (Roelofs) = Curculio shaowuensis Voss, is synonymized (New Synonomy). Type specimens are deposited in the Institute of Zoology, Academia Sinica, Beijing, China. Publication funded in part by the Patricia Vaurie bequest.