Anypotactus

Anypotactus
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]

Taxonomy

Anypotactus was described for the first time by Carl Johan Schönherr in 1840 (p. 299).[4] The type species is Anypotactus exilis Boheman, 1840: 300.[4][1]

Description

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.

Distribution

Members of Anypotactus range from Guatemala to Bolivia without representatives in the Caribbean.[1]

Species

These seven species belong to the genus Anypotactus:[2][3][6]

• Anypotactus bicaudatus Champion, 1911: 215:[7] Costa Rica, Panama.
• Anypotactus exilis Boheman, 1840: 300:[4] Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama, Colombia, Venezuela.
• Anypotactus gracilis Voss, 1932: 36 [8]= Anypotactus curvipes Hustache, 1940: 272; = Anypotactus peruvianus Hustache, 1938: 265:[9] Bolivia, Peru.
• Anypotactus jansoni (Sharp, 1911): Costa Rica, Honduras, Nicaragua, El Salvador
• Anypotactus morosus (Boheman), 1840: 449:[4] Colombia,
• Anypotactus strangulatus Hustache, 1938: 266:[9] Bolivia, Peru.
• Anypotactus sulcicollis Faust, 1892: 21:[10] Venezuela.

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. 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. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2021-12-24. Retrieved 2021-12-24.
3. 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.
4. Schönherr, C.J. (1840). Genera et species Curculionidum, cum synonymia hujus familiae. Species novae aut hactenus minus cognitae, descriptionibus a Dom. Leonardo Gyllenhal, C. H. Boheman, et entomologis aliis illustratae, tomus sextus, pars prima. Paris: Roret. pp. 474 pp.
5. van Emden, F.I. (1944). "XLVII.— A key to the genera of Brachyderinae of the World". Annals and Magazine of Natural History. 11 (80): 503–532. doi:10.1080/00222934408527452. ISSN 0374-5481.
6. "Anypotactus Schoenherr, 1840". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2024-08-04.
7. Sharp, D.; Champion, G.C. (1911). Biologia Centrali-Americana. Insecta. Coleoptera. Volume 4. part 3. Rhynchophora. Curculionidae. London: R. H. Porter. pp. 354 + pl. 15 pp.
8. Voss, E. (1932). "Unbeschriebene neotropische Curculioniden. I. (35. Beitrag zur Kenntnis der Curculioniden)". Revista de entomologia. Rio de Janeiro. 2: 33–43.
9. 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.
10. Faust, J. (1892). "Reise von E. Simon in Venezuela. Curculionidae. Pars prima". Stettiner Entomologische Zeitung. 53: 1–44.