Anypotactus | |
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Head of Anypotactus exilis | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Coleoptera |
Suborder: | Polyphaga |
Infraorder: | Cucujiformia |
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. [1] There are six described species in Anypotactus. [2] [3]
Anypotactus was described for the first time by Carl Johan Schönherr in 1840 (p. 299). [4] The type species is Anypotactus exilisBoheman, 1840: 300. [4] [1]
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.
— F. I. van Emden, A key to the genera of Brachyderinae of the World., p. 510, in key.
Members of Anypotactus range from Guatemala to Bolivia without representatives in the Caribbean. [1]
These seven species belong to the genus Anypotactus: [2] [3] [6]