Apodrosus

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Apodrosus
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Dorsal, lateral and head views of Apodrosus wolcotti.
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Family: Curculionidae
Subfamily: Entiminae
Tribe: Polydrusini
Genus: Apodrosus
Type species
Apodrosus wolcotti
Marshall, 1922

Apodrosus is a Caribbean genus of broad-nosed weevils in the subfamily Entiminae, tribe Polydrusini. [1]

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Taxonomy

The genus Apodrosus was described for the first time by Sir Guy A. K. Marshall in 1922 (p. 59). [2]

The type species of the genus is Apodrosus wolcotti, from Puerto Rico. [2]

Description

Small weevils (3–7 mm) of variable coloration ranging from grey to metallic green. [3] [4] They bear a large, triangular, glabrous nasal plate at the apical region of the rostrum.

Distribution

Apodrosus is distributed across the West Indies with representatives in The Bahamas, Cuba, Hispaniola (the Dominican Republic and Haiti), Puerto Rico, and the Turks and Caicos Islands. [3] [4]

List of species

The genus Apodrosus contains 22 described species:

  1. Apodrosus adustusGirón & Franz, 2010: 393 (The Bahamas) [3]
  2. Apodrosus albertiAnderson, 2017: 80 (Cuba) [4]
  3. Apodrosus alternatumAnderson, 2017: 83 (Cuba) [4]
  4. Apodrosus andersoniGirón & Franz, 2010: 356 (Dominican Republic) [3]
  5. Apodrosus argentatusWolcott, 1924: 130 (Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico) [5]
  6. Apodrosus artusGirón & Franz, 2010: 353 (Dominican Republic) [3]
  7. Apodrosus beckeliAnderson, 2017: 85 (Cuba) [4]
  8. Apodrosus earinusparsusGirón & Franz, 2010: 359 (Haiti) [3]
  9. Apodrosus empherefasciatusGirón & Franz, 2010: 395 (The Bahamas) [3]
  10. Apodrosus epipolevatusGirón & Franz, 2010: 362 (Puerto Rico) [3]
  11. Apodrosus eximiusGirón & Franz, 2010: 370 (Dominican Republic) [3]
  12. Apodrosus franklyniAnderson, 2017: 87 (Cuba) [4]
  13. Apodrosus griseusAnderson, 2017: 90 (Cuba) [4]
  14. Apodrosus mammuthusGirón & Franz, 2010: 379 (Mona Island; Turks and Caicos Islands) [3]
  15. Apodrosus mensurensisAnderson, 2017: 92 (Cuba) [4]
  16. Apodrosus pseudoalternatusAnderson, 2017: 94 (Cuba) [4]
  17. Apodrosus quisqueyanusGirón & Franz, 2010: 389 (Dominican Republic) [3]
  18. Apodrosus sandersoniAnderson, 2017: 96 (Cuba) [4]
  19. Apodrosus stenoculusGirón & Franz, 2010: 385 (Dominican Republic) [3]
  20. Apodrosus viridiumGirón & Franz, 2010: 381 (Dominican Republic) [3]
  21. Apodrosus wolcottiMarshall, 1922: 59 (Puerto Rico) [2]
  22. Apodrosus zayasiAnderson, 2017: 98 (Cuba) [4]

References

  1. ↑ 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 3 Marshall, Guy A. K. (1922). "Some Injurious Neotropical Weevils (Curculionidae)". Bulletin of Entomological Research. 13 (1): 59–71. doi:10.1017/S0007485300045247. ISSN   1475-2670.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Girón, J. C.; Franz, N. (2010). "Revision, phylogeny and historical biogeography of the genus Apodrosus Marshall, 1922 (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Entiminae)" . Insect Systematics & Evolution. 41 (4): 339–414. doi:10.1163/187631210X538799. ISSN   1399-560X.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Anderson, Robert S.; Zhang, Guanyang (2017-12-06). "The genus Apodrosus Marshall, 1922 in Cuba (Coleoptera, Curculionidae, Entiminae, Polydrusini)". ZooKeys (679): 77–105. Bibcode:2017ZooK..679...77A. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.679.12805 . ISSN   1313-2970. PMC   5523398 . PMID   28769710.
  5. ↑ Wolcott, G. N. (1924). "Insectae Portoricensis. A preliminary annotated checklist of the insects of Puerto Rico, with descriptions of some new species". Journal of the Department of Agriculture of Porto Rico. 7: 1–313.


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