Anypotactus
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| Anypotactus | |
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| Head of Anypotactus exilis | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Cucujiformia |
| Family: | Curculionidae |
| Subfamily: | Entiminae |
| Tribe: | Anypotactini |
| Genus: | Anypotactus Schönherr, 1840 |
Anypotactus is a genus of broad-nosed weevils in the beetle family Curculionidae, subfamily Entiminae, tribe Anypotactini, present across Central and South America.[1] There are six described species in Anypotactus.[2][3]
Anypotactus was described for the first time by Carl Johan Schönherr in 1840 (p. 299).[4] The type species is Anypotactus exilis Boheman, 1840: 300.[4][1]
Description
Members of Anypotactus are small (~4 to 10 mm). The following characters are provided by van Emden [5] to recognize Anypotactus:
Shoulders and wings present. Fore coxae contiguous. Mandibular scar not very large, not projecting. Rostrum separated from frons by a transverse groove. Femora toothed. Dorso-apical part of rostrum set off, rostrum rather short; nasal plate large and conspicuous.
— F. I. van Emden, A key to the genera of Brachyderinae of the World., p. 510, in key.