Biology:Anypotactus

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Short description: Genus of weevils found in Central and South America


Anypotactus
Anypotactus exilis.jpg
Head of Anypotactus exilis
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Anypotactus

Schönherr, 1840

Anypotactus is a genus of broad-nosed weevils in the beetle family Curculionidae, subfamily Entiminae , tribe Anypotactini, present across Central and South America.[1] There are six described species in Anypotactus.[2][3]

Taxonomy

Anypotactus was described for the first time by Carl Johan Schönherr in 1840 (p. 299).[4] The type species is Anypotactus exilis Boheman, 1840: 300.[4][1]

Description

Members of Anypotactus are small (~4 to 10 mm). The following characters are provided by van Emden [5] to recognize Anypotactus:

Shoulders and wings present. Fore coxae contiguous. Mandibular scar not very large, not projecting. Rostrum separated from frons by a transverse groove. Femora toothed. Dorso-apical part of rostrum set off, rostrum rather short; nasal plate large and conspicuous.

Distribution

Members of Anypotactus range from Guatemala to Bolivia without representatives in the Caribbean.[1]

Species

These six species belong to the genus Anypotactus [2][3]:

  • Anypotactus bicaudatus Champion, 1911: 215:[6] Costa Rica, Panama.
  • Anypotactus exilis Boheman, 1840: 300:[4] Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama, Colombia, Venezuela.
  • Anypotactus gracilis Voss, 1932: 36 [7]= Anypotactus curvipes Hustache, 1940: 272; = Anypotactus peruvianus Hustache, 1938: 265:[8] Bolivia, Peru.
  • Anypotactus morosus (Boheman), 1840: 449:[4] Colombia,
  • Anypotactus strangulatus Hustache, 1938: 266:[8] Bolivia, Peru.
  • Anypotactus sulcicollis Faust, 1892: 21:[9] Venezuela.

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Alonso-Zarazaga, M. A.; Lyal, C. H. C. (1999). A world catalogue of families and genera of Curculionoidea (Insecta: Coleoptera) excluding Scolytidae and Platypodidae. Barcelona, Spain: Entomopraxis. pp. 315 pp. https://weevil.myspecies.info/sites/weevil.info/files/Alonso-Zarazaga%20%26%20Lyal,%201999_World%20Catalogue%20%28searchable%29.pdf. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 O’Brien, C. W.; Wibmer, G. J. (1982). "Annotated checklist of the weevils (Curculionidae sensu lato) of North America, Central America, and the West Indies (Coleoptera: Curculionoidea)". Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute 34: 1–382. http://academic.uprm.edu/~franz/WeevilCourseResources/OBrienWibmer1982-WeevilsNCAWI.pdf. Retrieved 2021-12-24. 
  3. 3.0 3.1 Wibmer, G. J.; O’Brien, C. W. (1986). "Annotated checklist of the weevils (Curculionidae sensu lato) of South America (Coleoptera: Curculionoidea)". Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute 39: 1–563. 
  4. 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 Schönherr, C.J. (1840). 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, tomus sextus, pars prima. Paris: Roret. pp. 474 pp. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4114879. 
  5. van Emden, F.I. (1944). "XLVII.— A key to the genera of Brachyderinae of the World" (in en). Annals and Magazine of Natural History 11 (80): 503–532. doi:10.1080/00222934408527452. ISSN 0374-5481. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/00222934408527452. 
  6. Sharp, D.; Champion, G.C. (1911). Biologia Centrali-Americana. Insecta. Coleoptera. Volume 4. part 3. Rhynchophora. Curculionidae. London: R. H. Porter. pp. 354 + pl. 15 pp. https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/581470. 
  7. Voss, E. (1932). "Unbeschriebene neotropische Curculioniden. I. (35. Beitrag zur Kenntnis der Curculioniden)". Revista de entomologia. Rio de Janeiro 2: 33–43. 
  8. 8.0 8.1 Hustache, A. (1938). "Curculionides noveaux de l'Amérique méridionale. qui se trovent dans le Deutsches Entomologisches Institut. Deuxième note". Arbeiten über morphologische und taxonomische Entomologie aus Berlin-Dahlem 5: 265–288. 
  9. Faust, J. (1892). "Reise von E. Simon in Venezuela. Curculionidae. Pars prima". Stettiner Entomologische Zeitung 53: 1–44. https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9266298. 


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