Addenda and corrigenda to the Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, volumes 7 and 8 (Curculionoidea)

Additions, corrections, comments and nomenclatural novelties for the volumes 7 and 8 of the Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera are provided. For the exact authorship of these check the text. One new species is described: Mecinus tavaresi Caldara & Fogato, sp. nov. from Portugal and Spain. New synonymies are: Compsapoderus (Compsapoderus) erythropterus (Gmelin, 1790) = Attelabus intermedius Hellwig, 1795, syn. nov.; Paroplapoderus (Erycapoderus) angulipennis (Kolbe, 1886) = Paroplapoderus (Erycapoderus) angulipennis shaanxinsis Legalov, 2004, syn. nov. (Attelabidae); Aspidapion (Koestlinia) aeneum (Fabricius, 1775) = Aspidapion (Koestlinia) motschulskyi (Hochhuth, 1847), syn. nov., Taeniapion rufescens (Gyllenhal, 1833) = Taeniapion notatum (Wagner, 1912), syn. nov. (Apionidae); Larinus (Larinomesius) scolymi (Olivier, 1807) = Curculio teres Hellwig, 1795, syn. nov. (Curculionidae); Lixus paraplecticus (Linnaeus, 1758) = Curculio phellandrii Linnaeus, 1764, syn. nov. (Curculionidae); Curculio alternans Hellwig, 1795= Curculio alternans Herbst, 1795, syn. nov. (Curculionidae); Sibinia lyrata Faust, 1889= Sibinia attalica var. judea Pic, 1901, syn. nov. (Curculionidae); Phyllobius (Metaphyllobius) pomaceus Gyllenhal, 1834= Curculio prasinus Olivier, 1791, syn. nov. (Curculionidae). New homonymies are: Attelabus intermedius Hellwig, 1795 (non Attelabus intermedius Illiger, 1794); Baris marshalli Ramesha & Ramamurthy, 2011 (non Baris marshalli Hustache, 1938). New replacement names are: Baris ramamurthyi Alonso-Zarazaga nom. nov. for Baris bimaculata Pajni & Kohli, 1990 (non Hustache, 1932); Archarius (Archarius) kwonleeanus Alonso-Zarazaga nom. nov. for Archarius (Archarius) parvus (Kwon & Lee, 1990) (non Archarius (Archarius) parvus (Hong & Wang, 1987), a fossil species); Curculio (Curculio) zhangianus Alonso-Zarazaga nom. nov. for Curculio (Curculio) helleri Pelsue & Zhang, 2002 (non Curculio (Curculio) helleri (Voss, 1932)); Lixus trichromus Alonso-Zarazaga nom. nov. for Lixus tricolor Capiomont, 1876 (non L. tricolor (Scopoli, 1771)). New combinations are: Cionus affinis (Brahm, 1790), comb. nov. from Curculio; Curculio helleri (Voss, 1932), comb. nov. from Balaninus ; Donus diversisquamosus (Legalov, 2012), comb. nov. from Asiodonus ; Donus knutelskyi (Legalov, 2012), comb. nov. from Asiodonus ; Donus potanini (Legalov, 2012), comb. nov. from Asiodonus ; Donus shokhrini (Legalov, 2012), comb. nov. from Asiodonus ; Donus streltzovi (Legalov, 2012), comb. nov. from Asiodonus ; Donus tshernyshevi (Legalov, 2012), comb. nov. from Asiodonus ; Involvulus (Teretriorhynchites) icosandriae (Scopoli, 1763), comb. nov. from Curculio ; Mecaspis alternans (Hellwig, 1795), comb. nov. from Curculio ; Otiorhynchus mucronatus (Paykull, 1792), comb. nov. from Curculio ; Pseudopoophagus constricticollis (Kojima & Morimoto, 1993), comb. nov. from Apionodes . Protapion interjectum boreum (GOnget, 1997) is reconsidered as a valid subspecies based on its genitalic characteristics, stat. res. The following names are declared nomina protecta under Art. 23.9.2 of the Code: Apion apricans Herbst, 1797 (now in Protapion ) over Rhinomacer flavipes O.F. Muller, 1776 ( nomen oblitum ), Apion genistae Kirby, 1811 (now in Exapion ) over Curculio astralagi Herbst, 1795 ( nomen oblitum ), Curculio piceus Pallas, 1771 (now in Sphenophorus ) over Curculio piceus Wulfen in Scopoli, 1763 ( nomen oblitum ), Curculio phyllocola Herbst, 1795 (now in Anthonomus ) over Curculio resinae Fabricius, 1792 ( nomen oblitum ), and Rhynchaenus posticus Gyllenhal, 1813 (now in Hypera ) over Curculio denigratus Panzer, 1790 ( nomen oblitum ). Rhynchites laevior Faust, 1882 is confirmed as the type species of Aphlorhynchites Sawada, 1993 by a First Reviser action. Relevant dating for some works is provided. References have been completed and updated. Current misspellings have been corrected, amongst them, Hylesinus taranio Danthoine (not toranio ).