The Anypotactini are a Neotropical weevil tribe in the subfamily Entiminae.[1] It includes 81 described species.[2]
Distribution
The tribe ranges from south-western USA (Texas) to Argentina and Chile and some Caribbean islands.[1] Most genera are distributed in Central America and northern South America, but the largest genus, Hyphantus Germar, 1824 [3] (45 species [4]), is distributed in southern Brazil, Argentina, Paraguay and Uruguay.
The Central American species were studied by Champion (1911).[5]
Diagnosis
Most anypotactines are small (approx. 4–11 mm), covered by brown scales, with some members of the genus Prepodellus covered by metallic green or blue scales.[6] The dorsal surface of the body usually bears thick and erect scale-like setae, rather uniformly distributed. Members of the genus Hyphantus tend to be larger and dark in coloration.[4]
^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.
^Hustache, A. (1938). "Curculionides noveaux de l'Amérique méridionale. qui se trovent dans le Deutsches Entomologisches Institut. Deuxième note". Arbeiten über morphologische und taxonomische Entomologie aus Berlin-Dahlem. 5: 265–288.
