Anypotactus

Anypotactus
Head of Anypotactus exilis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Superfamily: Curculionoidea
Family: Curculionidae
Subfamily: Entiminae
Tribe: Anypotactini
Genus: 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. There are six described species in Anypotactus.

Taxonomy

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

Description

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

— F. I. van Emden, A key to the genera of Brachyderinae of the World., p. 510, in key.

Distribution

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

Species

These seven species belong to the genus Anypotactus:

References

  1. 1 2 3 Alonso-Zarazaga, M. A.; Lyal, C. H. C. (1999). A world catalogue of families and genera of Curculionoidea (Insecta: Coleoptera) excluding Scolytidae and Platypodidae (PDF). Barcelona, Spain: Entomopraxis. pp. 315 pp.
  2. 1 2 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)" (PDF). Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute. 34: 1–382. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2021-12-24. Retrieved 2021-12-24.
  3. 1 2 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. 1 2 3 4 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.
  5. ↑ van Emden, F.I. (1944). "XLVII.— A key to the genera of Brachyderinae of the World". Annals and Magazine of Natural History. 11 (80): 503–532. doi:10.1080/00222934408527452. ISSN 0374-5481.
  6. ↑ "Anypotactus Schoenherr, 1840". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2024-08-04.
  7. ↑ 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.
  8. ↑ Voss, E. (1932). "Unbeschriebene neotropische Curculioniden. I. (35. Beitrag zur Kenntnis der Curculioniden)". Revista de entomologia. Rio de Janeiro. 2: 33–43.
  9. 1 2 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.
  10. ↑ Faust, J. (1892). "Reise von E. Simon in Venezuela. Curculionidae. Pars prima". Stettiner Entomologische Zeitung. 53: 1–44.