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<taxonomicName LSID="1DE0E7C6-6B8D-37B3-0C8F-233475ED0EAA" authority="Faust, 1896: 91" authorityName="Faust" authorityYear="1896" class="Insecta" family="Curculionidae" genus="Eulechriops" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Eulechriops" order="Coleoptera" pageId="24" pageNumber="75" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">Eulechriops Faust, 1896: 91</taxonomicName>
<figureCitation captionStart="Figures 7982" captionStartId="F10" captionText="Figures 79 - 82. Lateral and dorsal habitus images of Lechriopini. 79 a-b Eulechriops minutus [ASUHIC 0024145] 80 a-b Euzurus ornativentris [ARTSYS 0000800]. 81 a-b Hoplocopturus varipes [SSAC 0001086] 82 a-b Lechriops vestitus [SSAC 0001114]. Scale bars = 2 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.683.12080.figures7982" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/143834" pageId="24" pageNumber="75">Fig. 79</figureCitation>
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<paragraph pageId="24" pageNumber="75">
=
<taxonomicName authorityName="Casey" authorityYear="1897" class="Insecta" family="Curculionidae" genus="Zygomicrus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Zygomicrus" order="Coleoptera" pageId="24" pageNumber="75" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">Zygomicrus</taxonomicName>
Casey, 1897: 679 [Syn.: Champion, 1906b: 109 (with doubt);
<bibRefCitation DOI="https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.122480" author="Blatchley, WS" journalOrPublisher="The Nature Publishing Company, Indianapolis" pageId="52" pageNumber="103" refId="B8" refString="Blatchley, WS, Leng, CW, 1916. Rhynchophora or weevils of North Eastern America. The Nature Publishing Company, Indianapolis, DOI: https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.122480" title="Rhynchophora or weevils of North Eastern America." url="https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.122480" year="1916">Blatchley and Leng 1916</bibRefCitation>
: 423]. Type species:
<taxonomicName authorityName="LeConte J E" authorityYear="1824" class="Insecta" family="Curculionidae" genus="Eccoptus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Eccoptus minutus" order="Coleoptera" pageId="24" pageNumber="75" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="minutus">Eccoptus minutus</taxonomicName>
LeConte, 1824 [by monotypy].
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<subSubSection pageId="24" pageNumber="75" type="type species">
<paragraph pageId="24" pageNumber="75">Type species.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="24" pageNumber="75">
<taxonomicName authorityName="Faust" authorityYear="1896" class="Insecta" family="Curculionidae" genus="Eulechriops" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Eulechriops erythroleucus" order="Coleoptera" pageId="24" pageNumber="75" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="erythroleucus">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="24" pageNumber="75">Eulechriops erythroleucus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
Faust, 1896 [by subsequent designation:
<bibRefCitation author="Sleeper, EL" journalOrPublisher="Bulletin of the Southern California Academy of Sciences" pageId="58" pageNumber="109" pagination="209 - 219" refId="B146" refString="Sleeper, EL, 1963. A study of the Zygopinae (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) of America north of Mexico, I. Bulletin of the Southern California Academy of Sciences 62 (4): 209 - 219" title="A study of the Zygopinae (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) of America north of Mexico, I." volume="62" year="1963">Sleeper 1963</bibRefCitation>
: 215].
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<paragraph pageId="24" pageNumber="75">Gender.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="24" pageNumber="75">Masculine.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="24" pageNumber="75">
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="24" pageNumber="75">Figures 79-82.</emphasis>
Lateral and dorsal habitus images of
<taxonomicName authorityName="Lacordaire" authorityYear="1865" class="Insecta" family="Curculionidae" genus="Lechriopini" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Lechriopini" order="Coleoptera" pageId="24" pageNumber="75" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">Lechriopini</taxonomicName>
.
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="24" pageNumber="75">79a-b</emphasis>
<taxonomicName baseAuthorityName="LeConte" baseAuthorityYear="1824" class="Insecta" family="Curculionidae" genus="Eulechriops" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Eulechriops minutus" order="Coleoptera" pageId="24" pageNumber="75" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="minutus">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="24" pageNumber="75">Eulechriops minutus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
[ASUHIC0024145]
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="24" pageNumber="75">80a-b</emphasis>
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="24" pageNumber="75">Euzurus ornativentris</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
[ARTSYS0000800].
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="24" pageNumber="75">81a-b</emphasis>
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="24" pageNumber="75">Hoplocopturus varipes</emphasis>
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[SSAC0001086]
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="24" pageNumber="75">82a-b</emphasis>
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="24" pageNumber="75">Lechriops vestitus</emphasis>
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[SSAC0001114]. Scale bars = 2 mm.
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<paragraph pageId="24" pageNumber="75">Diagnosis.</paragraph>
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<taxonomicName authorityName="Faust" authorityYear="1896" class="Insecta" family="Curculionidae" genus="Eulechriops" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Eulechriops" order="Coleoptera" pageId="24" pageNumber="75" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="24" pageNumber="75">Eulechriops</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is a large and variable genus that can be identified from related genera by the following combination of characters: antennal funicular article 2 is not longer than 1; the mesoventrite has a carinate channel that can terminate on the meso- or metaventrite, but when closed on the mesoventrite it is not pronounced and sharply carinate (as in
<taxonomicName authorityName="R. S. Anderson" authorityYear="1994" class="Insecta" family="Curculionidae" genus="Turcopus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Turcopus" order="Coleoptera" pageId="24" pageNumber="75" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="24" pageNumber="75">Turcopus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
); the femora are not carinate and are ventrally unarmed; the profemora lack a striolate patch (as in
<taxonomicName authorityName="Champion" authorityYear="1906" class="Insecta" family="Curculionidae" genus="Copturomorpha" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Copturomorpha" order="Coleoptera" pageId="24" pageNumber="75" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="24" pageNumber="75">Copturomorpha</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
); the pronotum lacks a strongly convex, arcuate pronotal carina (as in
<taxonomicName authorityName="Champion" authorityYear="1906" class="Insecta" family="Curculionidae" genus="Macrolechriops" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Macrolechriops" order="Coleoptera" pageId="24" pageNumber="75" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="24" pageNumber="75">Macrolechriops</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
), and the hind legs are not sexually dimorphic (as in
<taxonomicName authorityName="Sleeper" authorityYear="1963" class="Insecta" family="Santalaceae" genus="Cylindrocopturinus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Cylindrocopturinus" order="Coleoptera" pageId="24" pageNumber="75" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="24" pageNumber="75">Cylindrocopturinus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName authorityName="R. S. Anderson" authorityYear="1994" class="Insecta" family="Curculionidae" genus="Coturpus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Coturpus" order="Coleoptera" pageId="24" pageNumber="75" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="24" pageNumber="75">Coturpus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
).
</paragraph>
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<subSubSection lastPageId="25" lastPageNumber="76" pageId="24" pageNumber="75" type="notes">
<paragraph pageId="24" pageNumber="75">Notes.</paragraph>
<paragraph lastPageId="25" lastPageNumber="76" pageId="24" pageNumber="75">
The genus was erected by
<bibRefCitation author="Faust, J" journalOrPublisher="Stettiner Entomologische Zeitung" pageId="53" pageNumber="104" pagination="33 - 136" refId="B41" refString="Faust, J, 1896. Reise von E. Simon in Venezuela. Curculionidae. Pars Tertia. Stettiner Entomologische Zeitung 57 (1-6): 33 - 136" title="Reise von E. Simon in Venezuela. Curculionidae. Pars Tertia." volume="57" year="1896">Faust (1896</bibRefCitation>
: 91, in footnote) to accommodate
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="24" pageNumber="75">Lechriops</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
that have unarmed, non-carinate femora;
<bibRefCitation DOI="https://doi.org/10.1017/S0007485300045247" author="Marshall, GAK" journalOrPublisher="Revista de la Facultad Nacional de Agronomia" pageId="57" pageNumber="108" refId="B108" refString="Marshall, GAK, 1922. Some injurious Neotropical weevils. Bulletin of Entomological Research 13(1) 59-71. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0007485300045247" title="Some injurious Neotropical weevils. Bulletin of Entomological Research 13 (1) 59 - 71." url="https://doi.org/10.1017/S0007485300045247" year="1922">Marshall (1922</bibRefCitation>
: 70) notes the lack of interdependence of these two characters. The type species was not originally designated by Faust and is given by
<bibRefCitation author="Sleeper, EL" journalOrPublisher="Bulletin of the Southern California Academy of Sciences" pageId="58" pageNumber="109" pagination="209 - 219" refId="B146" refString="Sleeper, EL, 1963. A study of the Zygopinae (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) of America north of Mexico, I. Bulletin of the Southern California Academy of Sciences 62 (4): 209 - 219" title="A study of the Zygopinae (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) of America north of Mexico, I." volume="62" year="1963">Sleeper (1963)</bibRefCitation>
as the Venezuelan species
<taxonomicName lsidName="E. erythroleucus" pageId="24" pageNumber="75" rank="species" species="erythroleucus">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="24" pageNumber="75">E. erythroleucus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, which was the first of three species described by Faust under his new genus - this was apparently overlooked in subsequent catalogs where the type species is listed
<pageBreakToken pageId="25" pageNumber="76" start="start">as</pageBreakToken>
undesignated.
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="25" pageNumber="76">Eulechriops</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is possibly the most diverse genus of Conoderine when considering the large number of undescribed species (
<bibRefCitation author="Hespenheide, HA" journalOrPublisher="The Coleopterists Bulletin" pageId="55" pageNumber="106" pagination="604 - 610" refId="B74" refString="Hespenheide, HA, 2007. Two new species of Lissoderes Champion, 1906 (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Conoderinae) with comments on the ecology of the genus. The Coleopterists Bulletin 61 (4): 604 - 610" title="Two new species of Lissoderes Champion, 1906 (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Conoderinae) with comments on the ecology of the genus." volume="61" year="2007">Hespenheide 2007</bibRefCitation>
), as well as the most speciose genus of
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in the Caribbean region with sixteen species described by
<bibRefCitation author="Hustache, A" journalOrPublisher="Faune des Colonies Francaises" pageId="56" pageNumber="107" pagination="1 - 142" refId="B81" refString="Hustache, A, 1932a. Curculionides de la Guadeloupe. Faune des Colonies Francaises 5: 1 - 142" title="Curculionides de la Guadeloupe." volume="5" year="1932 a">Hustache (1932a)</bibRefCitation>
from Guadeloupe.
</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="25" pageNumber="76">
<taxonomicName genus="Keys" lsidName="Keys" pageId="25" pageNumber="76" rank="genus">Keys</taxonomicName>
.
</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="25" pageNumber="76">
<bibRefCitation author="Champion, GC" journalOrPublisher="The Canadian Entomologist" pageId="52" pageNumber="103" refId="B20" refString="Champion, GC, 1906b. Insecta - Coleoptera - Rhychophora - Curculionidae - Curculioninae (part). In: Champion GC (Ed.) Biologia Centrali-Americana (Vol. 4, part 5). 1-136." title="Insecta - Coleoptera - Rhychophora - Curculionidae - Curculioninae (part). In: Champion GC (Ed.) Biologia Centrali-Americana (Vol. 4, part 5). 1 - 136." year="1906 b">Champion 1906b</bibRefCitation>
: 110 (for Central America),
<bibRefCitation author="Hustache, A" journalOrPublisher="Zootaxa" pageId="56" pageNumber="107" refId="B80" refString="Hustache, A, 1931. Curculionides nouveaux de l'Afrique Equatoriale (Ie partie) Sborník Entomologického oddelění při zoologických sbírkách Národního musea v Praze 9: 11-83." title="Curculionides nouveaux de l'Afrique Equatoriale (Ie partie) Sborni ́ k Entomologicke ́ ho oddele ̌ ni ́ pr ̌ i zoologicky ́ ch sbi ́ rka ́ ch Na ́ rodni ́ ho musea v Praze 9: 11 - 83." year="1931">Hustache 1931</bibRefCitation>
: 285 (for Guadeloupe),
<bibRefCitation DOI="https://doi.org/10.1649/580" author="Hespenheide, HA" journalOrPublisher="The Coleopterists Bulletin" pageId="55" pageNumber="106" pagination="95 - 98" refId="B69" refString="Hespenheide, HA, 2003. A new Eulechriops for the United States (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Conoderinae). The Coleopterists Bulletin 57 (1): 95 - 98, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1649/580" title="A new Eulechriops for the United States (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Conoderinae)." url="https://doi.org/10.1649/580" volume="57" year="2003">Hespenheide 2003</bibRefCitation>
: 95 (for two U.S. species).
</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="25" pageNumber="76">Phylogenetic relationships.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="25" pageNumber="76">
The genus is likely related to the genera
<taxonomicName authorityName="Champion" authorityYear="1906" class="Insecta" family="Curculionidae" genus="Copturomorpha" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Copturomorpha" order="Coleoptera" pageId="25" pageNumber="76" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="25" pageNumber="76">Copturomorpha</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName authorityName="Champion" authorityYear="1906" class="Insecta" family="Curculionidae" genus="Macrolechriops" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Macrolechriops" order="Coleoptera" pageId="25" pageNumber="76" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="25" pageNumber="76">Macrolechriops</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName authorityName="Sleeper" authorityYear="1963" class="Insecta" family="Santalaceae" genus="Cylindrocopturinus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Cylindrocopturinus" order="Coleoptera" pageId="25" pageNumber="76" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="25" pageNumber="76">Cylindrocopturinus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName authorityName="R. S. Anderson" authorityYear="1994" class="Insecta" family="Curculionidae" genus="Turcopus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Turcopus" order="Coleoptera" pageId="25" pageNumber="76" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="25" pageNumber="76">Turcopus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, and
<taxonomicName authorityName="R. S. Anderson" authorityYear="1994" class="Insecta" family="Curculionidae" genus="Coturpus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Coturpus" order="Coleoptera" pageId="25" pageNumber="76" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="25" pageNumber="76">Coturpus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, most of which have a combination of the following characters: unarmed, non-carinate metafemora, a funicular article 2 that is not longer than article 1, and the rostral channel of the mesoventrite with relatively parallel longitudinal carinae. The species recognized as
<taxonomicName authorityName="Faust" authorityYear="1896" class="Insecta" family="Curculionidae" genus="Eulechriops" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Eulechriops" order="Coleoptera" pageId="25" pageNumber="76" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="25" pageNumber="76">Eulechriops</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
are unlikely to represent a monophyletic group (
<bibRefCitation author="Hespenheide, HA" journalOrPublisher="Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington" pageId="55" pageNumber="106" pagination="671 - 685" refId="B72" refString="Hespenheide, HA, 2005. Weevils of the genera Archocopturus Heller and Zygopsella Champion: sibling species and mimetic homoplasy (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Conoderinae). Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 107 (3): 671 - 685" title="Weevils of the genera Archocopturus Heller and Zygopsella Champion: sibling species and mimetic homoplasy (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Conoderinae)." volume="107" year="2005">Hespenheide 2005</bibRefCitation>
b) and the species currently recognized in the genus can only be identified to
<taxonomicName authorityName="Faust" authorityYear="1896" class="Insecta" family="Curculionidae" genus="Eulechriops" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Eulechriops" order="Coleoptera" pageId="25" pageNumber="76" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="25" pageNumber="76">Eulechriops</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
by not having the distinguishing characters of the aforementioned related (and smaller) genera.
</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="25" pageNumber="76">Host associations.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="25" pageNumber="76">
Mostly unknown. Two of the three U.S. species and related Mexican species (of the
<taxonomicName lsidName="E. minutus" pageId="25" pageNumber="76" rank="species" species="minutus">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="25" pageNumber="76">E. minutus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
species group of
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) are associated with
<taxonomicName class="Dicotyledoneae" family="Fagaceae" genus="Quercus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Quercus" order="Fagales" pageId="25" pageNumber="76" phylum="Angiospermae" rank="genus">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="25" pageNumber="76">Quercus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(
<bibRefCitation author="Sleeper, EL" journalOrPublisher="Bulletin of the Southern California Academy of Sciences" pageId="58" pageNumber="109" pagination="209 - 219" refId="B146" refString="Sleeper, EL, 1963. A study of the Zygopinae (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) of America north of Mexico, I. Bulletin of the Southern California Academy of Sciences 62 (4): 209 - 219" title="A study of the Zygopinae (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) of America north of Mexico, I." volume="62" year="1963">Sleeper 1963</bibRefCitation>
,
<bibRefCitation DOI="https://doi.org/10.1649/580" author="Hespenheide, HA" journalOrPublisher="The Coleopterists Bulletin" pageId="55" pageNumber="106" pagination="95 - 98" refId="B69" refString="Hespenheide, HA, 2003. A new Eulechriops for the United States (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Conoderinae). The Coleopterists Bulletin 57 (1): 95 - 98, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1649/580" title="A new Eulechriops for the United States (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Conoderinae)." url="https://doi.org/10.1649/580" volume="57" year="2003">Hespenheide 2003</bibRefCitation>
). Several undetermined Central American species have been reared from
<taxonomicName class="Magnoliopsida" family="Urticaceae" genus="Cecropia" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Cecropia" order="Rosales" pageId="25" pageNumber="76" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="genus">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="25" pageNumber="76">Cecropia</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName authorityName="Aublet" authorityYear="1775" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Urticaceae" genus="Coussapoa" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Coussapoa" order="Rosales" pageId="25" pageNumber="76" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="genus">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="25" pageNumber="76">Coussapoa</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
Aubl. and
<taxonomicName authorityName="Aublet" authorityYear="1775" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Urticaceae" genus="Pourouma" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Pourouma" order="Rosales" pageId="25" pageNumber="76" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="genus">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="25" pageNumber="76">Pourouma</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
Aubl. (
<taxonomicName authorityName="Aublet" authorityYear="1775" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Urticaceae" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="" order="Rosales" pageId="25" pageNumber="76" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="family">Urticaceae</taxonomicName>
) (
<bibRefCitation DOI="https://doi.org/10.1017/S0266467498000133" author="Jordal, BH" journalOrPublisher="Journal of Tropical Ecology" pageId="56" pageNumber="107" pagination="153 - 176" refId="B90" refString="Jordal, BH, Kirkendall, LR, 1998. Ecological relationships of a guild of tropical beetles breeding in Cecropia petioles. Journal of Tropical Ecology 14: 153 - 176, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/S0266467498000133" title="Ecological relationships of a guild of tropical beetles breeding in Cecropia petioles." url="https://doi.org/10.1017/S0266467498000133" volume="14" year="1998">Jordal and Kirkendall 1998</bibRefCitation>
: 159,
<bibRefCitation author="LaPierre, LM" journalOrPublisher="Roret, Paris" pageId="57" pageNumber="108" refId="B101" refString="LaPierre, LM, 2002. Diversity and ecology of insect herbivores associated with Cecropia (Cecropiaceae) in Costa Rica and their relationship with its Azteca (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) mutualists. PhD Thesis, University of Californa, Los Angeles." title="Diversity and ecology of insect herbivores associated with Cecropia (Cecropiaceae) in Costa Rica and their relationship with its Azteca (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) mutualists. PhD Thesis, University of Californa, Los Angeles." year="2002">LaPierre 2002</bibRefCitation>
). Some South American species have been reared from
<taxonomicName class="Dicotyledoneae" family="Rosaceae" genus="Rubus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Rubus" order="Rosales" pageId="25" pageNumber="76" phylum="Angiospermae" rank="genus">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="25" pageNumber="76">Rubus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
L. (
<taxonomicName class="Dicotyledoneae" family="Rosaceae" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="" order="Rosales" pageId="25" pageNumber="76" phylum="Angiospermae" rank="family">Rosaceae</taxonomicName>
Juss.) (
<bibRefCitation author="Hespenheide, HA" journalOrPublisher="Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington" pageId="55" pageNumber="106" pagination="671 - 685" refId="B72" refString="Hespenheide, HA, 2005. Weevils of the genera Archocopturus Heller and Zygopsella Champion: sibling species and mimetic homoplasy (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Conoderinae). Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 107 (3): 671 - 685" title="Weevils of the genera Archocopturus Heller and Zygopsella Champion: sibling species and mimetic homoplasy (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Conoderinae)." volume="107" year="2005">Hespenheide 2005</bibRefCitation>
),
<taxonomicName class="Magnoliopsida" family="Euphorbiaceae" genus="Manihot" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Manihot" order="Malpighiales" pageId="25" pageNumber="76" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="genus">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="25" pageNumber="76">Manihot</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
Mill. (
<taxonomicName class="Magnoliopsida" family="Euphorbiaceae" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="" order="Malpighiales" pageId="25" pageNumber="76" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="family">Euphorbiaceae</taxonomicName>
Juss.) (
<bibRefCitation author="Monte, O" journalOrPublisher="Chacaras e Quintaes" pageId="57" pageNumber="108" pagination="183 - 197" refId="B114" refString="Monte, O, 1938. As pragas [da mandioca] e seu combate. Chacaras e Quintaes 57 (1): 183 - 197" title="As pragas [da mandioca] e seu combate." volume="57" year="1938">Monte 1938</bibRefCitation>
) and
<taxonomicName class="Magnoliopsida" family="Malvaceae" genus="Gossypium" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Gossypium" order="Malvales" pageId="25" pageNumber="76" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="genus">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="25" pageNumber="76">Gossypium</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
L. (
<taxonomicName class="Magnoliopsida" family="Malvaceae" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="" order="Malvales" pageId="25" pageNumber="76" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="family">Malvaceae</taxonomicName>
) (
<bibRefCitation author="Barber, HS" journalOrPublisher="Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington" pageId="51" pageNumber="102" pagination="53 - 54" refId="B5" refString="Barber, HS, 1926. A new cotton weevil from Peru. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 28 (3): 53 - 54" title="A new cotton weevil from Peru." volume="28" year="1926">Barber 1926</bibRefCitation>
).
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection pageId="25" pageNumber="76" type="described species">
<paragraph pageId="25" pageNumber="76">Described species.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="25" pageNumber="76">
Fifty-seven species are known from the focal region (with one described by
<bibRefCitation author="Hespenheide, HA" journalOrPublisher="The Coleopterists Bulletin" pageId="55" pageNumber="106" pagination="604 - 610" refId="B74" refString="Hespenheide, HA, 2007. Two new species of Lissoderes Champion, 1906 (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Conoderinae) with comments on the ecology of the genus. The Coleopterists Bulletin 61 (4): 604 - 610" title="Two new species of Lissoderes Champion, 1906 (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Conoderinae) with comments on the ecology of the genus." volume="61" year="2007">Hespenheide 2007</bibRefCitation>
and one fossil species described by
<bibRefCitation DOI="https://doi.org/10.1080/08912963.2013.802311" author="Poinar, G" journalOrPublisher="Historical Biology" pageId="58" pageNumber="109" pagination="556 - 562" refId="B133" refString="Poinar, G, Legalov, A, 2013. New species of the subfamily Conoderinae (Coleoptera: Curculiondiae) in Dominican amber. Historical Biology 26 (5): 556 - 562, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/08912963.2013.802311" title="New species of the subfamily Conoderinae (Coleoptera: Curculiondiae) in Dominican amber." url="https://doi.org/10.1080/08912963.2013.802311" volume="26" year="2013">Poinar and Legalov 2013</bibRefCitation>
) and an additional 31 species are known from South America (
<bibRefCitation author="Wibmer, GJ" journalOrPublisher="Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute Number" pageId="58" pageNumber="109" pagination="1 - 563" refId="B153" refString="Wibmer, GJ, O'Brien, CW, 1986. Annotated checklist of the weevils (Curculionidae sensu lato) of South America (Coleoptera: Curculionidae). Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute Number 39: 1 - 563" title="Annotated checklist of the weevils (Curculionidae sensu lato) of South America (Coleoptera: Curculionidae)." volume="39" year="1986">
Wibmer and
<normalizedToken originalValue="OBrien">O'Brien</normalizedToken>
1986
</bibRefCitation>
: 264, with one more described by
<bibRefCitation author="Hespenheide, HA" journalOrPublisher="Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington" pageId="55" pageNumber="106" pagination="671 - 685" refId="B72" refString="Hespenheide, HA, 2005. Weevils of the genera Archocopturus Heller and Zygopsella Champion: sibling species and mimetic homoplasy (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Conoderinae). Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 107 (3): 671 - 685" title="Weevils of the genera Archocopturus Heller and Zygopsella Champion: sibling species and mimetic homoplasy (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Conoderinae)." volume="107" year="2005">Hespenheide 2005</bibRefCitation>
b).
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection pageId="25" pageNumber="76" type="range">
<paragraph pageId="25" pageNumber="76">Range.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="25" pageNumber="76">
U.S.A., Mexico, Belize, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama, Dominican Republic (
<bibRefCitation DOI="https://doi.org/10.1080/08912963.2013.802311" author="Poinar, G" journalOrPublisher="Historical Biology" pageId="58" pageNumber="109" pagination="556 - 562" refId="B133" refString="Poinar, G, Legalov, A, 2013. New species of the subfamily Conoderinae (Coleoptera: Curculiondiae) in Dominican amber. Historical Biology 26 (5): 556 - 562, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/08912963.2013.802311" title="New species of the subfamily Conoderinae (Coleoptera: Curculiondiae) in Dominican amber." url="https://doi.org/10.1080/08912963.2013.802311" volume="26" year="2013">Poinar and Legalov 2013</bibRefCitation>
, fossil), Guadeloupe; South America.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
</treatment>
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