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(A)

Number genera with from 2 species (inclusive with wide ranges

 

Page No of genus  Number of species
10 11 7. Europe & N. America.

14 8 Africa. Madagas & Brazil ✔
12 15 3 Java & Madagasc.

16 5 Java & Guinea
― 19 3 Mexico, Cape, Natal ✔ X
13 22 5 Brazil, Java, New Guinea. ✔ Diff
15 29 3    "    Europe
― 30 8 Brazil Java. Guinea. Calif. ✔ Country
16 36 4

18 42 2 N. & S. America
24 48 4 N. Americ & India ✔
26 56 6 Africa. S. Amer. Natal ✔
33 62 3 India, Africa, Merid.
― 64 3 N. America & Brazil
35 67 3 India. Cape, Mexico ✔ X
41 89 8 India, Senegal, Java ✔
55 109 4 N. America & Mexico
62 131 8 India, Cape, Comoro
74 158 6 Java Senegal
― 159 2 India & Loanda
751624 Bengal, S. Africa, Mauritius
801763 N. America & Mexico
―1813 Java, Cuba    ✔ X
811833 N. America, Mexico & Brazil
821877 W. Indies ,Senegal
1973 W. Indies    N. America
2176 Europe, Siberia, Cape ✔
2485"    "    N. America
3278 New Guinea. Australia Philippines
3282 New Holland    Marianne Isd   
3315 Tahiti. Amboina. New Holland   
3334 Austria & New Holland    ✔ X
3354 Cape & Philippines    ✔
3382 Africa    East Indies
3474 America    Caucasus.
[=] 28[=] 136     

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(B)

(Schonherr Notes)

No of genus  No of Species

— This seems true & species closely allied.
350

2

Cape, Brazil. ✔ X

Diffe: countries

358

2

Brazil. New Holland ✔ X
361

2

Africa, Java
372

2

"    Manilla ✔ X
381

3

N. Europe    New Holland ✔ X are these aberrant

Small genera

382

2

Europe    Brazil
391

6

America, Java ✔
401

6

Cape, Tranque[illeg]
405

3

Cape, Guinea, Germany ✔ X
414

7

Europe, Caffria
444

6

Europe    Madagascar ✔
449

5

"    Cape
474

4

Sumatra S. America ✔ X
513

8

Java, Cape, Madg. N. Holland. N. America ✔ ✔ X
519

2

Guinea Bengal

6

China Europe, Carolina ✔ X
544

2

Java, Australia
550

8

India    Brazil, Madagascar ✔
570

7

Java    New Guinea
593

7

America    Madagas ✔

3

Java, Madagascar

3

Cochin China, Madagascar
615

3

Java. Sierra
631

4

Europe N. America N. Zealand, Madagascar ✔ X
[=] 24

[=] 103
[+] 28

[+] 136
[=] 52

[=] 229.
Number of genera —

—no of species [÷] 52 [=] 4.40 average to genus.

Diff: countries

Small genera

It is really curious that in Waterhouses list there is only one or 2 curculionidum of aberrant genera with my red crosses

Those with red cross are most striking case of small genera with wide ranges.

+ I shd expect most 12 aberrant that 13 here on average 3.6. species

{See remarks BBB — are there broken genera

It wd be worth while to ask Waterhouse to go over these genera with me & see whether true whether natural genera, ie closely allied

[BBB: see CUL-DAR205.9.303-304]

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(1

Schoenherr Genera et species Curculionidum, Catalogues ab. H. Jekel ordinatus.— (1849 Parishs apud H. Jekel Via Fontaine — Moliere 20 (3f. 50 ct)

N.B I have included all the species & genera which are numbered including some not see by Schoenherr & the Linn which are numbered as intermediate. I have not included the species p. 260 of insects Divisions et genera

From the range of the species, I have divided the world out

1. America, whole — Perhaps if N. America had been left neutral ground it wd have been better.

2. Europe, Western Asia & Siberia & occasionally N. shores of Africa

3. Africa with Madagascar (perhaps if N. Africa had been neutral it wld have been better)

4. India, Malayan archipelago.

5. Australia with New Guinea.

Any genus with all its species confined to one of these regions of the world, I have considered inhabiting to same country: but after the genera are confined within much narrower limits, I have considered as sporadic, a genus inhabiting to or more of these regions. — No species seems common  to true. A possible source of error in that Schoenherr under his genera from their distribution.

A local genus may be large, as (genus 145) Naupactus with 139 species all S. America & Mexico. Genera (332) Otiorhynchus which is the largest genus with 260 species has only 1 or two wanderers from Europe & Siberia. On the other hand several very small genera have species inhabiting the central regions: but there is exceptions to rule.

The greater number of the genera are local, in proportion of 270/408; & even greater groups then genera now often local.

Genus (55) with 33 species from Philippines, & genus 71 with 15 from Madagascar, most striking cases of many species in smallish area.

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Waterhouse says Shoenherr no power of generalisation, & some of his higher groups very artificial.

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Shoenherr

Total number of genera 660. I exclude divisions of

(1) genera, but take all those numbered, but not consecutively numbered.

Total no of species 6717

(2) average of species to genera 10.17

Number of genera with 1 species 252

(3) no of genera with more than 1 sp. 408

(4) Small genera with from 2-8 (inclusive of species inhabiting same great region of world 215 (having an average 3.57 species) including 768 species

(5) Smaller genera with from 2-8 inclusive species inhabiting different great regions of world 52, (having an average 4:40 species) including 229 species. Hence we see average of species gets greater as soon as range gets greater or same

(N.B. The species most seen by Schöenherr 14? be taken out of list & thus will alter whole tables)

Excluding genera with simple species these are 408 genera, having 6465 species, ie having on average 15.84 species.

(A) Genera inhabiting same great regions (excluding genera with 1 species & even three genera, which have simple wandering species) are 262 including 2121 species, ie having an average of 8.09 species

(B) Genera inhabiting different great regions (with same exclusion as before) then 146, including 4344 species ie an average 29.75 species.

If genera with wandering species be included (of which list given) then in (A) numbers will be 270 genera with 34.74 species, on average 12.86: and (B) will have 138 genera with 2991 species, having as an average 21.67 species each.

It will be fairest to take then last calculation with the wandering genera included.

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Summary & Conclusions

[295]

(A)

List of genera with same species confined to N. or S. America, Europe Australia, Africa or any lesser district.

Same Country

 

Page Number of Genus for name Number
10

6

5

Madagascar, 1 Caffria

(New Holland & New Guinea) ―

7

4

S. Amer. with Mexico ―

10

2

Australia 11

13

2

S. Amer with Mexico

Same Country 12

15

3

Java & India ―

16 or 6

2

Guinea 13

24

5

Brazil ―

25

2

Madagascar 15

31

3

Malayan Arch. 16

36

5

S. America. 17

38

2

Guinea ―

39

2

Madagascar 24

49

2

Europe ―

51

3

Europe & Tauria ―

52

6

New Holland 25

53

4

   do ―

54

3

Brazil 26

56

6

N. Holland 33

61

2

Madagascar 33

63

3

Europe

 36692 Brazil ―704" & Mexico & W. Indies ―715W. Indies

37783 Brazil, Mexico

39833" W. Indies

40862 Brazil

41875 Cape  

41885 do

42904 Brazil

43923 Malayan Arch.

49958 Africa

50976 Brazil & Mexico ―982" ―994"

511002" [=] 33[=] 119

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Genera inhabiting the small country with from 2-8 species

average no of species in these small genera 3.57

Genus

33

35

34

34

35

35

9

215

 

Species

119

123

147

116

109

127

27

768

645

1230

1075

1550

1505

45

[=] 768

average in of species in these small genera [÷] [=] 3.57

[296]

(B) (Same country)

Page  Genus  Species
53

102

2

S. Africa 54

105

2

   " ―

106

7

Australia. ―

107

5

   " ―

108

2

   " 55

109

6

   " 56

114

7.# Philippines, New Guinea 57

115

5

East Europe & Asia ―

116

8.

Bourbon & Mauritius ―

117

2.

Madg. ―

119

2

Australia ―

121

2.

   " 58

122

7

Asia North ―

123

2

W. Asia. 61

126

2

Af. Merid. ―

128

2

   " 64

138

2

Mexico 70

146

2

S. America ―

149

2

Mexico ―

151

2

   " 72

1542 Brazil ――6 Columbia

741562 S. America

751603 Africa ―1612 Bengal

761662   "

771702 W. Indies

791722 Caucasia

―1737 Africa

801757 S. America

 ―1772 Cuba & Mexico

1945 Chile

1974 Brazil 2004   "2022   "

[=] 35[=] 123

 

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(C)

same country

No of Genus No of species
205

8

Europe 205

7

N. Holland 206

7

   " 207

2

Cape

Same country 208

2

W. Indies 209

2

Brazil 215

5

N. Holland 216

8

Chile 221

5

Brazil 223

3

Africa 226

6

New Guinea ✔ 230

5

New Holland 230—1

2

Af. Merid 231

2

Madagar. 240

6

Europe 241

3

N. Holland 243

2

Chile 245

7

Europe 252

7

   " 253

2

   " 254

7

   " 255

5

   " 260

3

Tartary 262

3

Europe 263

5

   " 266

5

Africa 266

2

   " 267

5

   " 272

3

   " 280

2

America S.

283

2 India

2842 America N.

2852 India

2878 N. Holland

[=] 34[=] 147

[298]

(D) (same country)

no. of g. number of species
292

6

Cape 295

2

   " 296

2

   " 298

2

   " 300

2

Europe 301

3

N. America 302

2

Cape 305

5

Europe 311

8

Cape. 314

3

Cape 316

4

Africa 317

2

   " 321

4

Teneriffe & Spain 322

6

Asia 326

2

Vanikoro ✔ 334

3

Africa 339

3

S. Europe 340

2

   " Caucasus 341

3

Brazil 342

7

East 343

3

Siberia, Caucasus. 345

2

Brazil 349

6

Eurpe 356

7

Australia 359

2

America 360

2

New Holland 362

2

East 365

8

America 375

2

Europ 379

4

N. America 380

2   "

3842 America S. 3925   "

3994 Cape 4022   "

[=] 34[=] 116

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(E) same country

Genus species
403

5

Africa 406

2

   " 409

4

S. America 410

2

Australia 419

2

Europe 420

3

Cape 423

4

Brazil 426

4

   " 430

4

Cape 432

3

   " 433

2

America 435

6

   " 436

2

Africa 440

2

Madagascar 447

2

Caffria 448—9

4

Cape 449—50

2

   " 450

2

Brazil 452

2

W. Indies -55

6

Brazil 56

3

   " 57

2

   " 58

4

   " 60

3

   " 63

2

   " 66

4

auustralia 70

3

America ―

4

   " ―

2

   " 76

2

   " 486

2W. Indies

4913

America

922 India & Philipines

8 Brazil 5012   "

[=] 35[=] 109.

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(F) same country

503

2

Brazil 504

8

Brazi 505

3

Cape

2

Brazil 512

2

Mexico 514

6

Java 521

2

Ameria 522

2

   "

2

Madagascar, Cape 26

2

Australia

7

S. Africa 533

8

America 37

5

   " 40

6

Chile

3

W. Indies 45

2

Europe 47

4

Australia

5

America 557

2

   "

2

Chile

2

Madagascar 562

3

Caucasus. 572

5

America

3

Cape 580

3

Europe 588

8

   " -92

2

Madagas

2

Brazil

3

India

3.

   "

2

Java 6097   "

3 America

2 Madagascar

620

4 Caffria

[=] 35[=] 127

There is danger of genera having been made for country

(Addenda of doubtful species not counted in this list.)

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Larger genera above & inhabiting one country

Great genera same country

Page

No. of genus No of Species
17

37

15.

S. America & Mexico. 42

91

18

Cape, S. Africa. 50

96

11

Brazil 51

# Cape (with 2 New Holland.) ✔ 55

✔

Philippine (1 New Guinea)    ✔ 59

124

13 62

130

9

Africa S. 66

145

139

S. America 71

152

15 ✔

Madagascar ―

# S. Amer Mexico (1 Ind. or Wanderer) ✔ 72

155

54

   "

Great genera Same Country 81

186

27

S. America 82

188

17

S.    " 83

189

24

   " 84

191

22

   "

193

28

W. Indies

199

20

Europe & Siberia

219

43

Brazil

220

18

   " & Mexico ——

222

21

America

# N. Holland    (one Chile)— ✔

After this I count N. America with S. America

232

10

Europe & W. Asia ——

244

19 Mexico & N. America

26525 Africa

27320   "# N. Holland. (2 cape) ✔288—913   "   

30336 Europe

31114 Cape

31511  

"31915  

"32031  

 "# Europe (with 1 N. America) Siberia. & Western Asia; Memphis Persia & Barbary Algiers ✔

351170 America

39020   "

[=] 28[=] 865

After this I count N. America with S. America

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Great genera same Region

No of genus no of' Species

396

11

America 434

17

   " 437

11

Australia 442

26

America    1 doubtful 448

19

Africa 451

33

America 459

9

Brazil 61

11

   " 485

14

America 490

137

   " 502

33

Brazil 506

42

   " 515

10

America 542

16

   " 555

17

   "

14

   " 553

105

America    1 Caffria. ✔ 564

29

   "    1 N. Guinea ✔ 565

37

   "

31

   "

# 79

18

America 143

9

Europe, Siberia [=] 19

[=] 488 [+] 28

[+] 865 [=] 47

[=] 1353

Wanderers
   79
   33
   25    14    40    260    105 (8 genera) 29 species [=] 585

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22 & 19

8

(Shaler & Waterhouse)

Schoenherr, C. J. 1833-1845. Genera et species curculionidum, cum synonymia hujus familiæ. Paris.