Polyteles
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| Polyteles | |
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| Polyteles coelestina | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Cucujiformia |
| Family: | Curculionidae |
| Subfamily: | Entiminae |
| Tribe: | Entimini |
| Genus: | Polyteles (Germar,1829) |
Polyteles is a South American genus of broad-nosed weevils in the subfamily Entiminae, tribe Entimini.[1] There are seven described species distributed in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Ecuador, Paraguay, Peru, and Uruguay.[1][2]
A key to identify the genus among the Entimini was published by Vanin and Gaiger in 2005.[3]