Hadromeropsis

Hadromeropsis
Scientific classification
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.
— A.T. Howden, Revision of the New World genus Hadromeropsis Pierce (Coleoptera, Curculionidae, Tanymecini)

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 (PDF). Barcelona, Spain: Entomopraxis. pp. 315 pp.
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.
Champion, GC (1911). Otiorhynchinae Alatae. In: Biologia Centrali-Americana, Volume 4, Part 3. London: Bernard Quaritch. pp. 178–317.
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)" (PDF). Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute. 34: 1–382 pp.
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.

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[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] 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.

[3] Champion, GC (1911). Otiorhynchinae Alatae. In: Biologia Centrali-Americana, Volume 4, Part 3. London: Bernard Quaritch. pp. 178–317.

[4] Howden, A.T. (1982). "Revision of the New World genus Hadromeropsis Pierce (Coleoptera, Curculionidae, Tanymecini)". Contributions of the American Entomological Institute. 19: 1–180.

[5] 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 pp.

[6] 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.