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Genus: | Polydacrys
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Polydacrys is a genus of broad-nosed weevils in the beetle family Curculionidae, subfamily Entiminae, [1] tribe Anypotactini, present across the Americas and the Caribbean. There are eight described species in Polydacrys. [2] [3]
Polydacrys was described for the first time by Carl Johan Schönherr in 1834 (p. 130). [4] It was previously considered a member of the Tanymecini. [5]
There is a key to the Central American species of Polydacrys in Champion (1911: 217). [6]
Members of Polydacrys are small (~6 to 12 mm) and can be recognized by their nasal plate, which is triangular, large, glabrous, shiny, and elevated from the surface of the rostrum. [5] In addition, their mandibular scars are projected from the surface of the mandible.
Members of Polydacrys range from Texas through Bolivia and are particularly well-represented across the Caribbean. [1]
These eight species belong to the genus Polydacrys [2] [3]:
Polydacrys | |
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Head of Polydacrys sp. | |
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Genus: | Polydacrys
Schönherr, 1834
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Polydacrys is a genus of broad-nosed weevils in the beetle family Curculionidae, subfamily Entiminae, [1] tribe Anypotactini, present across the Americas and the Caribbean. There are eight described species in Polydacrys. [2] [3]
Polydacrys was described for the first time by Carl Johan Schönherr in 1834 (p. 130). [4] It was previously considered a member of the Tanymecini. [5]
There is a key to the Central American species of Polydacrys in Champion (1911: 217). [6]
Members of Polydacrys are small (~6 to 12 mm) and can be recognized by their nasal plate, which is triangular, large, glabrous, shiny, and elevated from the surface of the rostrum. [5] In addition, their mandibular scars are projected from the surface of the mandible.
Members of Polydacrys range from Texas through Bolivia and are particularly well-represented across the Caribbean. [1]
These eight species belong to the genus Polydacrys [2] [3]: