Hadromeropsis

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Hadromeropsis
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Family: Curculionidae
Tribe: Tanymecini
Genus: Hadromeropsis
Pierce, 1913

Hadromeropsis is a genus of broad-nosed weevils in the beetle family Curculionidae.[1]

There are more than 50 described species in Hadromeropsis.

Taxonomy[edit]

Hadromeropsis was described for the first time by W. Dwight Pierce in 1913 (p. 400).[2] The Central American species were treated by Champion.[3] The genus was revised by Anne Howden in 1982:[4] It contains two subgenera: Hadromeropsis (Hadromeropsis) and Hadromeropsis (Hadrorestes).

Description[edit]

Howden offered the following diagnosis for Hadromeropsis:

Small to large, 5 to 20 mm in length. Scales never sculptured. Posterior margin of epistoma never carinate or keeled, although margin elevated distally in a few species. Mandible with vestiture of lateral and ventral surface similar to that of rostrum. Pronotum never produced anteriorly over vertex. Female with caudal surface of ventrites 2, 3, and 4 conspicuously elevated, often perpendicular or slanted anteriorly or posteriorly, edge of caudal surface usually sharply delimited; character less developed in male.

— A.T. Howden, Revision of the New World genus Hadromeropsis Pierce (Coleoptera, Curculionidae, Tanymecini)

Howden indicates that the most similar genus to Hadromeropsis is the South American genus Macropterus.

Distribution[edit]

The genus Hadromeropsis has been recorded from Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay, Venezuela, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Mexico, and Panama.

Species[edit]

These 53 species belong to the genus Hadromeropsis:[5][6]

References[edit]

  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. ^ Pierce, W.D. (1913). "Miscellaneous contributions to the knowledge of the weevils of the families Attelabidae and Brachyrhinidae". Proceedings of the United States National Museum. 45: 365–426.
  3. ^ Champion, GC (1911). Otiorhynchinae Alatae. In: Biologia Centrali-Americana, Volume 4, Part 3. London: Bernard Quaritch. pp. 178–317.
  4. ^ Howden, A.T. (1982). "Revision of the New World genus Hadromeropsis Pierce (Coleoptera, Curculionidae, Tanymecini)". Contributions of the American Entomological Institute. 19: 1–180.
  5. ^ 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 pp.
  6. ^ 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.

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