Curculionoidea
Sphenophorus
Schoenherr, C.J., 1838
Original reference
Schoenherr, C.J., 1838
Genera et species curculionidum, cum synonymia hujus familiae. Species novae aut hactenus minus cognitae, descriptionibus a Dom. Leonardo Gyllenhal, C. H. Boheman, et entomologis aliis illustratae
Vol.: 4. Part: 2. Roret; Fleischer. Paris; Lipsiae: 601-1121 [+ 1122-1124, Corrigenda].
 

Page: 874
Rank: Genus
Gender: Masculine
Status: Synonym
Valid Genus: Sphenophorus Schoenherr, C.J., 1838
Type Species: Curculio abbreviatus Fabricius, 1787
Designation: Original designation, explicitly designated (Art. 68.2)
Originally included:
Distribution: Almost Cosmopolitan (Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana; Japan, China, C,S Europe, N Africa, Caucasus, Turkey, Syria, Tadzhikistan; Vietnam, Moluccas, Sumatra, Philippines, Borneo, New Guinea, Marshall Is., Aru, Australia(I); Sierra Leone, Guinea, Central African Rep., Angola)
Upper Oligocene from Germany, Upper Miocene from Switzerland

Comments: ICZN, 1959, Op. 572, Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature, 17(3-5): 112-116: (2)(c) Placed on the Official List of Generic Names in Zoology (Name No. 1376).
Confidence level: Checked against original and last available modern revision.