Pandeleteius

Pandeleteius
Dorsal view of Pandeleteius sp.
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Clade:	Pancrustacea
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Cucujiformia
Superfamily:	Curculionoidea
Family:	Curculionidae
Genus:	Pandeleteius Schönherr, 1834

Pandeleteius is a genus of broad-nosed weevils in the family Curculionidae. There are over 150 described species in Pandeleteius, distributed across the Americas. Most species in the genus were described by Anne Howden. Species of Pandeleteius can be found in most countries of North, Central, and South America.

Taxonomy

The genus Pandeleteius was named for the first time by Carl Johan Schönherr in 1834, page 129. It belongs to the subfamily Entiminae, tribe Tanymecini.

Species

These 163 species belong to the genus Pandeleteius:

References

Further reading

• Howden AT (1959) A revision of the species of Pandeleteius Schonherr and Pandeleteinus Champion of America north of Mexico (Coleoptera: Curculionidae). Proceedings of the California Academy of Science 29: 361–421. https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15657419.
• Howden AT (1974) The Pandeleteius subgenus Exmenetypus Voss in Central America (Coleoptera: Curculionidae, Tanymecini). The Coleopterists Bulletin 28: 7–16. JSTOR 3999528.
• Howden AT (1976) Pandeleteius of Venezuela and Colombia (Curculionidae: Brachyderinae: Tanymecini). Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute 24: 1–310.
• Howden AT (1986) The Pandeleteius armatus group, with description of a new species from Mexico (Coleoptera: Curculionidae). The Coleopterists Bulletin 40: 317–323. JSTOR 4008295.
• Howden AT (1996) Neotropical Pandeleteius (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) with irregular elytral striae. The Canadian Entomologist 128: 877–955. https://doi.org/10.4039/Ent128877-5
• Howden AT (1998) Review of the Pandeleteius biseriatus species-group (Coleoptera: Curculionidae), with description of a new species. The Canadian Entomologist 130: 367–375. https://doi.org/10.4039/Ent130367-3
• Howden AT (2001) A new species of Pandeleteius from Peru (Coleoptera, Curculionidae). Revue Française d’Entomologie (N. S.) 23: 171–175.
• Howden AT (2004) Review of the genus Pandeleteius (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) of northern South America and the Lesser Antilles. The Canadian Entomologist 136: 181–231. https://doi.org/10.4039/n03-075
• Howden AT (2008) The species of Pandeleteius Schoenherr of coastal Chile and Peru (Coleoptera, Curculionidae). Zootaxa 1773: 55–62. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.1773.1.5
• Howden AT (2011) On some species of Pandeleteius Schoenherr, 1834, in South America south of the tenth parallel (Coleoptera, Curculionidae: Entiminae: Tanymecini). Zootaxa 2977: 50–60. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.2977.1.2

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