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 (Gønget, 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. Müller, 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)