Apodrosus

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Apodrosus
Dorsal, lateral and head views of Apodrosus wolcotti.
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Coleoptera
Family:
Curculionidae
Subfamily:
Entiminae
Tribe:
Polydrusini
Type species
Apodrosus wolcotti
Marshall, 1922: 59

Apodrosus is a Caribbean genus of broad-nosed weevils in the subfamily Entiminae, tribe Polydrusini.[1]

Taxonomy[edit]

The genus Apodrosus was described for the first time by Sir Guy A. K. Marshall in 1922 (p. 59).[2]

The type species of the genus is Apodrosus wolcotti, from Puerto Rico.[2]

Description[edit]

Small weevils (3–7 mm) of variable coloration ranging from grey to metallic green.[3][4] They bear a large, triangular, glabrous nasal plate at the apical region of the rostrum.

Distribution[edit]

Apodrosus is distributed across the West Indies with representatives in The Bahamas, Cuba, Hispaniola (the Dominican Republic and Haiti), Puerto Rico, and the Turks and Caicos Islands.[3][4]

List of species[edit]

The genus Apodrosus contains 22 described species:

  1. Apodrosus adustus Girón & Franz, 2010: 393 (The Bahamas) [3]
  2. Apodrosus alberti Anderson, 2017: 80 (Cuba) [4]
  3. Apodrosus alternatum Anderson, 2017: 83 (Cuba) [4]
  4. Apodrosus andersoni Girón & Franz, 2010: 356 (Dominican Republic) [3]
  5. Apodrosus argentatus Wolcott, 1924: 130 (Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico) [5]
  6. Apodrosus artus Girón & Franz, 2010: 353 (Dominican Republic) [3]
  7. Apodrosus beckeli Anderson, 2017: 85 (Cuba) [4]
  8. Apodrosus earinusparsus Girón & Franz, 2010: 359 (Haiti) [3]
  9. Apodrosus empherefasciatus Girón & Franz, 2010: 395 (The Bahamas) [3]
  10. Apodrosus epipolevatus Girón & Franz, 2010: 362 (Puerto Rico) [3]
  11. Apodrosus eximius Girón & Franz, 2010: 370 (Dominican Republic) [3]
  12. Apodrosus franklyni Anderson, 2017: 87 (Cuba) [4]
  13. Apodrosus griseus Anderson, 2017: 90 (Cuba) [4]
  14. Apodrosus mammuthus Girón & Franz, 2010: 379 (Mona Island; Turks and Caicos Islands) [3]
  15. Apodrosus mensurensis Anderson, 2017: 92 (Cuba) [4]
  16. Apodrosus pseudoalternatus Anderson, 2017: 94 (Cuba) [4]
  17. Apodrosus quisqueyanus Girón & Franz, 2010: 389 (Dominican Republic) [3]
  18. Apodrosus sandersoni Anderson, 2017: 96 (Cuba) [4]
  19. Apodrosus stenoculus Girón & Franz, 2010: 385 (Dominican Republic) [3]
  20. Apodrosus viridium Girón & Franz, 2010: 381 (Dominican Republic) [3]
  21. Apodrosus wolcotti Marshall, 1922: 59 (Puerto Rico) [2]
  22. Apodrosus zayasi Anderson, 2017: 98 (Cuba) [4]

References[edit]

  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. ^ a b c Marshall, Guy A. K. (1922). "Some Injurious Neotropical Weevils (Curculionidae)". Bulletin of Entomological Research. 13 (1): 59–71. doi:10.1017/S0007485300045247. ISSN 1475-2670.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m Girón, J. C.; Franz, N. (2010). "Revision, phylogeny and historical biogeography of the genus Apodrosus Marshall, 1922 (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Entiminae)". Insect Systematics & Evolution. 41 (4): 339–414. doi:10.1163/187631210X538799. ISSN 1399-560X.
  4. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k Anderson, Robert S.; Zhang, Guanyang (2017-12-06). "The genus Apodrosus Marshall, 1922 in Cuba (Coleoptera, Curculionidae, Entiminae, Polydrusini)". ZooKeys (679): 77–105. Bibcode:2017ZooK..679...77A. doi:10.3897/zookeys.679.12805. ISSN 1313-2970. PMC 5523398. PMID 28769710.
  5. ^ Wolcott, G. N. (1924). "Insectae Portoricensis. A preliminary annotated checklist of the insects of Puerto Rico, with descriptions of some new species". Journal of the Department of Agriculture of Porto Rico. 7: 1–313.


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