Polyteles

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].

Polyteles
Polyteles coelestina
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Coleoptera
Family:
Curculionidae
Subfamily:
Entiminae
Tribe:
Entimini
Genus:
Polyteles

Germar 1829

A key to identify the genus among the Entimini was published by Vanin and Gaiger in 2005 [3].

List of species and distribtions [2]
  • Polyteles atrox (Germar, 1824: 438) [4]: Brazil.
  • Polyteles decussatus Pascoe, 1870: 441: Peru.
  • Polyteles guerini Fåhraeus, 1840: 743 [5]: Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay.
  • Polyteles inka (Heller, 1932: 2): Ecuador, Peru.
  • Polyteles setosus Kirsch, 1874: 393 [6]: Peru
  • Polyteles stevenii (Schönherr, 1826: 82) [7]: Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay.
  • Polyteles uniformis (Heller, 1932: 2): Bolivia.

References
  1. 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.
  2. 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.
  3. Vanin, Sergio Antonio; Gaiger, Fabio (2005-09-23). "A cladistic analysis of the genera of the tribe Entimini (Coleoptera, Curculionidae), with description of a new genus and species from the Amazonian Region". Zootaxa. 1053 (1): 1. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.1053.1.1. ISSN 1175-5334.
  4. Germar, E. F. (1824). Insectorum species novae aut minus cognitae, descriptionibus illustratae. Volumen primum. Coleoptera. Halae: J. C. Hendelii et filii. pp. xxiv + 624 pp. + 2 pl.
  5. Schönherr, C. J. (1840). Genera et species Curculionidum, cum synonymia hujus familiae. Species novae aut hactenus minus cognitae, descriptionibus a Dom. Leonardo Gyllenhal, C. H. Boheman, et entomologis aliis illustratae, tomus quintus, pars prima. Paris: Roret. p. 974.
  6. Kirsch, T. (1874). "Beiträge zur Kenntniss der Peruanischen Käferfauna auf Dr. Abendroth's Sammlungen basirt. (Drittes Stück.)". Berliner Entomologische Zeitschrift. 18: 385–432.
  7. Schönherr, C. J. (1826). Curculionidum dispositio methodica cum generum characteribus, descriptionibus atque observationibus variis seu Prodromus ad Synonymiae Insectorum. Lipsiae: Apud Fridericum Fleischer. pp. 338 pp.
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