Anypotactus Explained

Anypotactus is a genus of broad-nosed weevils in the beetle family Curculionidae, subfamily Entiminae, tribe Anypotactini, present across Central and South America. There are six described species in Anypotactus.^{[1] [2]}

Taxonomy

Anypotactus was described for the first time by Carl Johan Schönherr in 1840 (p. 299).^[3] The type species is Anypotactus exilis Boheman, 1840: 300.

Description

Members of Anypotactus are small (~4 to 10 mm). The following characters are provided by van Emden ^[4] to recognize Anypotactus:

Distribution

Members of Anypotactus range from Guatemala to Bolivia without representatives in the Caribbean.^[5]

Species

These seven species belong to the genus Anypotactus:

• Anypotactus bicaudatus Champion, 1911: 215:^[6] Costa Rica, Panama.
• Anypotactus exilis Boheman, 1840: 300: Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama, Colombia, Venezuela.
• Anypotactus gracilis Voss, 1932: 36 ^[7] = Anypotactus curvipes Hustache, 1940: 272; = Anypotactus peruvianus Hustache, 1938: 265: Bolivia, Peru.
• Anypotactus jansoni (Sharp, 1911): Costa Rica, Honduras, Nicaragua, El Salvador
• Anypotactus morosus (Boheman), 1840: 449: Colombia,
• Anypotactus strangulatus Hustache, 1938: 266:^[8] Bolivia, Peru.
• Anypotactus sulcicollis Faust, 1892: 21:^[9] Venezuela.

Notes and References

1. 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). Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute. 34. 1–382. 2021-12-24. 2021-12-24. https://web.archive.org/web/20211224000207/https://academic.uprm.edu/~franz/WeevilCourseResources/OBrienWibmer1982-WeevilsNCAWI.pdf. dead.
2. 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.
3. Book: Schönherr, C.J.. 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. Roret. 1840. Paris. 474 pp.
4. van Emden. F.I.. 1944. XLVII.— A key to the genera of Brachyderinae of the World. Annals and Magazine of Natural History. en. 11. 80. 503–532. 10.1080/00222934408527452. 0374-5481.
5. Book: Alonso-Zarazaga. M. A.. A world catalogue of families and genera of Curculionoidea (Insecta: Coleoptera) excluding Scolytidae and Platypodidae. Lyal. C. H. C.. Entomopraxis. 1999. Barcelona, Spain. 315 pp.
6. Book: Sharp. D.. Biologia Centrali-Americana. Insecta. Coleoptera. Volume 4. part 3. Rhynchophora. Curculionidae. Champion. G.C.. R. H. Porter. 1911. London. 354 + pl. 15 pp.
7. Voss. E.. 1932. Unbeschriebene neotropische Curculioniden. I. (35. Beitrag zur Kenntnis der Curculioniden). Revista de entomologia. Rio de Janeiro. 2. 33–43.
8. 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.
9. Faust. J.. 1892. Reise von E. Simon in Venezuela. Curculionidae. Pars prima. Stettiner Entomologische Zeitung. 53. 1–44.