Anypotactini
Tribe of beetles
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The Anypotactini are a Neotropical weevil tribe in the subfamily Entiminae.[1] It includes 81 described species.[2]
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Cucujiformia |
| Family: | Curculionidae |
| Subfamily: | Entiminae |
| Tribe: | Anypotactini Champion, 1911 |
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Distribution
The tribe ranges from south-western USA (Texas) to Argentina and Chile and some Caribbean islands.[1] Most genera are distributed in Central America and northern South America, but the largest genus, Hyphantus Germar, 1824 [3] (45 species [4]), is distributed in southern Brazil, Argentina, Paraguay and Uruguay.
The Central American species were studied by Champion (1911).[5]
Diagnosis
Most anypotactines are small (approx. 4–11 mm), covered by brown scales, with some members of the genus Prepodellus covered by metallic green or blue scales.[6] The dorsal surface of the body usually bears thick and erect scale-like setae, rather uniformly distributed. Members of the genus Hyphantus tend to be larger and dark in coloration.[4]
Genera
- Anypotactus Schönherr, 1840: 299 [7]
- Bothinodontes Kirsch, 1868: 241 [8]
- Cylloproctus Faust, 1892: 22 [9]
- Helicorrhynchus Olliff, 1891: 61 [10]
- Hyphantus Germar, 1824: 334 [11]
- Hypsometopus Kirsch, 1868: 222 [8]
- Neoanypotactus Hustache, 1938: 266 [12]
- Nototactus Kuschel, 1952: 231 [13]
- Paonaupactus Voss, 1953: 127 (+) [14]
- Phanasora Pascoe, 1881: 38 [15]
- Polydacrys Schönherr, 1834: 130 [16]
- Prepodellus Kirsch, 1868: 239 [8]
- Sitonites Heer, 1864: 90 (+)
