Anypotactini
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| Anypotactini | |
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| Head of Anypotactus exilis | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Cucujiformia |
| Family: | Curculionidae |
| Subfamily: | Entiminae |
| Tribe: | Anypotactini Champion, 1911 |
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The Anypotactini are a Neotropical weevil tribe in the subfamily Entiminae.[1] It includes 81 described species.[2]
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]
