RECORD: Darwin, C. R. n.d. List of Genera from Schoenherr of large genera. CUL-DAR205.9.288. Edited by John van Wyhe (Darwin Online, http://darwin-online.org.uk/)
REVISION HISTORY: Transcribed by Christine Chua and edited by John van Wyhe 10.2021. RN1
NOTE: See record in the Darwin Online manuscript catalogue, enter its Identifier here. Reproduced with permission of the Syndics of Cambridge University Library and William Huxley Darwin. The volume CUL-DAR205.9 contains notes on palaeontology and geology [regarding theory of evolution].
The brown crayon number '19' indicates that this document was filed by Darwin in his portfolio for the subject of Island endemism: animals.
See Darwin, Francis & Seward, A. C. eds. 1903. More letters of Charles Darwin. Volume 1.
http://darwin-online.org.uk/content/frameset?pageseq=125&itemID=F1548.1
C. J. Schoenherr. 1849. Genera et Species Curculionidum. Paris.
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List of Genera from Schoenherr of large genera of Curculionidum with one or two species Wanderers, like Decandolle's plants
(19)
No. of genus in Book |
Name of Genus |
Number of species |
|
101 |
Hipporhinus |
79 |
Cape & Caffria, but one perhaps 2 New Holland |
113 |
Pachyrhyachus |
33 |
[illeg] Philippines 1 New Guinea (& Waterhouse told me one elsewhere |
153 |
Cyphus |
25 |
S. America, Mexico. 1 Ind. Orient |
229 |
Leptops |
14 |
New Holland 1 Chile |
288 |
Amycterus |
40 |
New Holland (1 New Guinea), 1 Cape |
332 |
Otiochynichus |
260 |
Europe, Western Asia, Siberia, a few in Persia & [Bar….] 1 in N. America (not good case) |
553 |
Constrachetus |
105 |
America S & N. 1. Caffria |
564 |
Zygops |
29 |
S. America & Mexico. 1 New Guinea (but not seen Schoenherr |
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