The Commission has conserved the current usage of the weevil genus name Plinthus Germar, 1817 and the family-group name plinthini Lacordaire, 1863 by ruling that Curculio megerlei Panzer, 1803 is an available name and designating it as the type species of Plinthus Germar, 1817.
plinthini Lacordaire, 1863 (Insecta, Coleoptera) and Plinthus Germar, 1817 conserved by designation of Curculio megerlei Panzer, 1803 as the type species," The Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 69(2), 152-154, (1 June 2012). https://doi.org/10.21805/bzn.v69i2.a1