Tanymecus Germar, 1817

Cortés-Hernández, Kevin A. & Morrone, Juan J., 2019, A key to the Mexican genera of Tanymecini (Coleoptera: Curculionidae), Zootaxa 4615 (1), pp. 46-56 : 54-55

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scientific name	Tanymecus Germar, 1817
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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 .

Anderson, R. S. (2002) Curculionidae. In: Arnett, R. H., Thomas, M. C., Skelley, P. E. & Frank, J. H. (Eds.), American Beetles. Vol. 2. Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea though Curculionoidea. CRS Press, Boca Raton, Florida, pp. 722 - 815.

Champion, G. C. (1911) Tanymecus. In: Sharp, D. (Ed.), Biologia Centrali-Americana. Insecta, Coleoptera, Rhynchophora. Vol. 4. Part 3. Published for the editors by R. H. Porter, London, pp. 179.

Howden, A. T. (1993 a) A catalog of the Coleoptera of America north of Mexico, Family: Curculionidae. Subfamily: Polydrosinae. Tribe: Tanymecini. United States Department of Agriculture Handbook 529 - 143 e, 1 - 13.

Supare, N. R., Ghai, S. & Ramamurthy, V. V. (1990) A revision of Tanymecus from India and adjacent countries (Coleoptera: Curculionidae). Oriental Insects, 24, 1 - 126. https: // doi. org / 10.1080 / 00305316.1990.11835533