Isodacrys

Isodacrys
Isodacrys frontalis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Superfamily: Curculionoidea
Family: Curculionidae
Tribe: Tanymecini
Genus: Isodacrys
Sharp, 1911
Species

20 or 21 species (see text)

Isodacrys is a genus of broad-nosed weevils in the beetle family Curculionidae. The genus is ranging from the southern United States of America to Honduras.

Natural history

Isodacrys species are distributed from south of the United States of America to Honduras, mainly across Mexican and Central American mountain ranges of ~1500–3100 meters above sea level; some species also occur in lowlands. The adults of Isodacrys are flightless and have been found in Quercus, Pinus and in other plants of different families as Asteraceae, Fabaceae, Rhamnaceae, Cucurbitaceae, Betulaceae, Malvaceae, and Solanaceae. Some adults have been collected from leaf litter and under rocks. Immature stages remain unknown.

Species

The Catalogue of Life recognizes 21 Isodacrys species:

Cortés-Hernández and Morrone (2020) list Isodacrys debilis Sharp, 1911 as Isodrusus debilis Sharp, 1911, a taxon that the Catalogue of Life self-inconsistently also accepts. The latter is the original combination.

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Cortés-Hernández, Kevin A.; Morrone, Juan J. (2020). "Systematic revision of the genus Isodacrys Sharp, 1911 (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Entiminae: Tanymecini)". PeerJ. 8 e10191. doi:10.7717/peerj.10191. PMC 7602693.
  2. ↑ Sharp, David (1911). "Isodacrys". In D. Sharp; G.C Champion (eds.). Insecta, Coleoptera, Vol. IV, Part 3. Rhynchophora. Curculionidæ. Biologia Centrali-Americana. London: R. H. Porter. pp. 175–177.
  3. ↑ "Isodacrys Sharp, 1911". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 22 July 2026.
  4. 1 2 "Isodacrys Sharp, 1911". Catalogue of Life. Species 2000: Leiden, the Netherlands. Retrieved 22 July 2026.
  5. ↑ "Isodacrys Sharp, 1911". Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 22 July 2026.
  6. ↑ "Isodacrys Genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 22 July 2026.
  7. ↑ Cortés-Hernández, Kevin A.; Morrone, Juan J. (2019). "A key to the Mexican genera of Tanymecini (Coleoptera: Curculionidae)". Zootaxa. 4615 (1): 46–56. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4615.1.2.
  8. ↑ "Isodrusus debilis Sharp, 1911". Catalogue of Life. Species 2000: Leiden, the Netherlands. Retrieved 22 July 2026.
  9. ↑ Sharp, David (1911). "Isodrusus". In D. Sharp; G.C Champion (eds.). Insecta, Coleoptera, Vol. IV, Part 3. Rhynchophora. Curculionidæ. Biologia Centrali-Americana. London: R. H. Porter. pp. 207–208.

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