Exophthalmus

Exophthalmus Schönherr, 1823: 1140 [1] is a genus of broad-nosed weevils in the family Curculionidae, subfamily Entiminae, tribe Eustylini[2]. With 86 described species [3], it is distributed in Central America, northen South America and the Caribbean [2].

This article is about weevils. For proptosis, see Exophthalmos.

Exophthalmus
Museum specimen of Exophthalmus vittatus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Curculionidae
Subfamily: Entiminae
Genus: Exophthalmus
Schönherr, 1823

A preliminary phylogeny for Exophthalmus and its allies was presented by Franz [4]. It is part of the so-called "Exophthalmus genus complex" [4].

The full list of species can be found at: https://ukrbin.com/index.php?id=23952

Distribution

Species of this genus are present in Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Surinam, Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Guadeloupe, Haiti, Jamaica, Martinique and Puerto Rico [2].

Selected species
  • Exophthalmus agrestis
  • Exophthalmus albidus
  • Exophthalmus albolineatus
  • Exophthalmus albovittatus
  • Exophthalmus bilineatus
  • Exophthalmus bivittatus
  • Exophthalmus caeruleovittatus
  • Exophthalmus carneipes
  • Exophthalmus clathratus
  • Exophthalmus crassicornis
  • Exophthalmus cupreipes
  • Exophthalmus cuprirostris
  • Exophthalmus distigma
  • Exophthalmus duplicatus
  • Exophthalmus fasciatus
  • Exophthalmus festivus
  • Exophthalmus forsstroemi
  • Exophthalmus interpositus
  • Exophthalmus laetus
  • Exophthalmus leucographus
  • Exophthalmus lunaris
  • Exophthalmus mannerheimi
  • Exophthalmus margaritaceus
  • Exophthalmus nubilus
  • Exophthalmus olivieri
  • Exophthalmus opulentus
  • Exophthalmus ornatus
  • Exophthalmus plicatus
  • Exophthalmus pulchellus
  • Exophthalmus quadrivittatus
  • Exophthalmus roralis
  • Exophthalmus scalaris
  • Exophthalmus scalptus
  • Exophthalmus senegallensis
  • Exophthalmus sommeri
  • Exophthalmus squamipennis
  • Exophthalmus sulcicrus
  • Exophthalmus sulcipennis
  • Exophthalmus tessellatus
  • Exophthalmus triangulifer
  • Exophthalmus verecundus
  • Exophthalmus vermiculatus
  • Exophthalmus viridilineatus
  • Exophthalmus vittatus
  • Exophthalmus vitticollis

References
  1. Schönherr, C. J. (1823). Curculionides [Tabula synoptica familiae Curculionidum]. Isis von Oken. pp. 1132–1146.
  2. 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.
  3. 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.
  4. Franz, Nico M. (2012). "Phylogenetic reassessment of the Exophthalmus genus complex (Curculionidae: Entiminae: Eustylini, Geonemini)". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 164 (3): 510–557. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.2011.00774.x.


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