Polyteles
Polyteles coelestina
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Family: Curculionidae
Subfamily: Entiminae
Tribe: Entimini
Genus: Polyteles
(Germar,1829)

Polyteles is a South American genus of broad-nosed weevils in the subfamily Entiminae, tribe Entimini.[1] There are seven described species distributed in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Ecuador, Paraguay, Peru, and Uruguay.[1][2]

A key to identify the genus among the Entimini was published by Vanin and Gaiger in 2005.[3]

Species

Polyteles has four species, all of which are listed below:[2]

  • Polyteles atrox (Germar, 1824: 438):[4] Brazil.
  • Polyteles decussatus Pascoe, 1870: 441: Peru.
  • Polyteles guerini Fåhraeus, 1840: 743:[5] Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay.
  • Polyteles inka (Heller, 1932: 2): Ecuador, Peru.
  • Polyteles setosus Kirsch, 1874: 393:[6] Peru
  • Polyteles stevenii (Schönherr, 1826: 82):[7] Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay.
  • Polyteles uniformis (Heller, 1932: 2): Bolivia.

References

  1. 1 2 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 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. ↑ Vanin, Sergio Antonio; Gaiger, Fabio (2005-09-23). "A cladistic analysis of the genera of the tribe Entimini (Coleoptera, Curculionidae), with description of a new genus and species from the Amazonian Region". Zootaxa. 1053 (1): 1. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.1053.1.1. ISSN 1175-5334.
  4. ↑ Germar, E. F. (1824). Insectorum species novae aut minus cognitae, descriptionibus illustratae. Volumen primum. Coleoptera. Halae: J. C. Hendelii et filii. pp. xxiv + 624 pp. + 2 pl.
  5. ↑ 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 quintus, pars prima. Paris: Roret. p. 974.
  6. ↑ Kirsch, T. (1874). "Beiträge zur Kenntniss der Peruanischen Käferfauna auf Dr. Abendroth's Sammlungen basirt. (Drittes Stück.)". Berliner Entomologische Zeitschrift. 18: 385–432.
  7. ↑ Schönherr, C. J. (1826). Curculionidum dispositio methodica cum generum characteribus, descriptionibus atque observationibus variis seu Prodromus ad Synonymiae Insectorum. Lipsiae: Apud Fridericum Fleischer. pp. 338 pp.
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