A key to the Mexican genera of Tanymecini (Coleoptera: Curculionidae)
Author
Cortés-Hernández, Kevin A.
Museo de Zoología “ Alfonso L. Herrera ”, Departamento de Biología Evolutiva, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM), 04510 Mexico City, Mexico. E-mail: forest _ kevin @ hotmail. com, juanmorrone 2001 @ yahoo. com. mx Posgrado en Ciencias Biológicas, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM), Av. Universidad 3000, 04510 Mexico City, Mexico.
Author
Morrone, Juan J.
Museo de Zoología “ Alfonso L. Herrera ”, Departamento de Biología Evolutiva, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM), 04510 Mexico City, Mexico. E-mail: forest _ kevin @ hotmail. com, juanmorrone 2001 @ yahoo. com. mx Posgrado en Ciencias Biológicas, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM), Av. Universidad 3000, 04510 Mexico City, Mexico.
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Zootaxa
2019
2019-06-12
4615
1
46
56
journal article
21173
10.11646/zootaxa.4615.1.2
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Tanymecus
Germar, 1817
(
figures 3, 4
,
27, 28
)
This is a large genus with only few representatives in the New World (
Champion 1911
;
Supare
et al
. 1990
;
Howden
1993a). There is no key to separate Mexican species; see
Champion (1911)
to check their descriptions. Adults are usually collected on low herbaceous plants (
Anderson 2002
).
Tanymecus confusus
Say 1831
.
Tanymecus hirsutus
Champion, 1911
.