Biology:Hadromeropsis
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Short description: Genus of beetles
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Scientific classification 
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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
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
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.
Howden indicates that the most similar genus to Hadromeropsis is the South American genus Macropterus.
Distribution
The genus Hadromeropsis has been recorded from Argentina , Bolivia, Brazil , Colombia, Ecuador, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay, Venezuela, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Mexico, and Panama.
Species
These 53 species belong to the genus Hadromeropsis:[5][6]
- Hadromeropsis alacer Howden, 1982
- Hadromeropsis amoena Howden, 1982
- Hadromeropsis annae Anderson, 2008
- Hadromeropsis apicalis Howden, 1982
- Hadromeropsis argentinensis (Hustache, 1926)
- Hadromeropsis atomaria Boheman, 1840
- Hadromeropsis aurea Boheman, 1847
- Hadromeropsis batesi Howden, 1982
- Hadromeropsis beverlyae Howden, 1982
- Hadromeropsis bombycina Howden, 1982
- Hadromeropsis brachyptera Howden, 1982
- Hadromeropsis brevicoma Howden, 1982
- Hadromeropsis cavifrons Howden, 1982
- Hadromeropsis conquisita Howden, 1982
- Hadromeropsis contracta Howden, 1982
- Hadromeropsis cretata Champion, 1911
- Hadromeropsis crinita Howden, 1982
- Hadromeropsis dejeanii Boheman, 1840
- Hadromeropsis dialeuca Howden, 1982
- Hadromeropsis earina Howden, 1982
- Hadromeropsis excubitor Howden, 1982
- Hadromeropsis exilis Howden, 1982
- Hadromeropsis fasciata Lucas, 1857
- Hadromeropsis fulgens Champion, 1911
- Hadromeropsis gemmifera Boheman, 1845
- Hadromeropsis impressicollis Kirsch, 1868
- Hadromeropsis inconscripta Howden, 1982
- Hadromeropsis institula Howden, 1982
- Hadromeropsis jugellata Howden, 1982
- Hadromeropsis magica Pascoe, 1881
- Hadromeropsis merzdiana Howden, 1982
- Hadromeropsis micans Champion, 1911
- Hadromeropsis nana Howden, 1982
- Hadromeropsis nebulicola Howden, 1982
- Hadromeropsis nitida Howden, 1982
- Hadromeropsis nobilitata Gyllenhal, 1834
- Hadromeropsis opalina (Horn, 1876)
- Hadromeropsis pallida Howden, 1982
- Hadromeropsis pectinata Howden, 1982
- Hadromeropsis picchuensis Howden, 1982
- Hadromeropsis plebeia Howden, 1982
- Hadromeropsis pulverulenta Howden, 1982
- Hadromeropsis rnandibularis Howden, 1982
- Hadromeropsis rufipes Champion, 1911
- Hadromeropsis scamba Howden, 1982
- Hadromeropsis scintillans Champion, 1911
- Hadromeropsis silacea Howden, 1982
- Hadromeropsis speculifera Howden, 1982
- Hadromeropsis spiculata Howden, 1982
- Hadromeropsis striata Howden, 1982
- Hadromeropsis superba Heller, 1921
- Hadromeropsis togata Boheman, 1840
- Hadromeropsis transandina Howden, 1982
References
- ↑ Alonso-Zarazaga, M.A.; Lyal, C.H.C. (1999). A world catalogue of families and genera of Curculionoidea (Insecta: Coleoptera) excluding Scolytidae and Platypodidae. Barcelona, Spain: Entomopraxis. pp. 315 pp.. https://weevil.myspecies.info/sites/weevil.info/files/Alonso-Zarazaga%20%26%20Lyal,%201999_World%20Catalogue%20%28searchable%29.pdf.
- ↑ 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. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7306921.
- ↑ Champion, GC (1911). Otiorhynchinae Alatae. In: Biologia Centrali-Americana, Volume 4, Part 3. London: Bernard Quaritch. pp. 178–317. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/581470.
- ↑ Howden, A.T. (1982). "Revision of the New World genus Hadromeropsis Pierce (Coleoptera, Curculionidae, Tanymecini)". Contributions of the American Entomological Institute 19: 1–180.
- ↑ 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 pp.. http://academic.uprm.edu/~franz/WeevilCourseResources/OBrienWibmer1982-WeevilsNCAWI.pdf.
- ↑ 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.
Wikidata ☰ Q14925479 entry
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