Phymatinus LeConte, 1869

Spanton, Timothy G. & Anderson, Robert S., 2016, A Taxonomic Revision of Weevils of the Genus Panscopus Schönherr (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Entiminae: Tropiphorini), The Coleopterists Bulletin (mo 15) 70, pp. 1-86 : 27-28

Subgenus Phymatinus LeConte, 1869

Phymatinus LeConte 1869: 382 . Gender masculine. Type species: Panscopus (Phymatinus) gemmatus (LeConte) , by monotypy. LeConte 1874: 453; Horn 1876: 53; LeConte and Horn 1883: 444; Pierce 1913: 392; Leng 1920: 312; Buchanan 1927: 27, 1936: 8; Schenkling and Marshall 1931: 39; Blackwelder 1939: 66; Kissinger 1964: 36; Alonso-Zarazaga and Lyal 1999: 186; Anderson 2002: 782.

Panscopidius Pierce 1913: 394. Gender masculine. Type species: Panscopus squamosus Pierce , by original designation.

Nocheles ; Buchanan 1927: 28, 1936: 8; Schenkling and Marshall 1931: 40; Ting 1938: 121; Blackwelder 1939: 66.

Subgeneric Name. The name Phymatinus probably comes from the Greek word “ phyma”, or “phymatos”, meaning tumor, or swelling, and the Latin suffix “- inus” meaning likeness, or belonging to. This is probably in reference to the shiny, round tubercles on the dorsum of adult specimens of P. gemmatus , the type species of Phymatinus .

Diagnosis. Adults of this subgenus are distinguished by the following combination of characters: scape long, extending to or beyond middle of eye, beyond posterior margin of eye in most species; females with four ventrites, or if five present ( P. gemmatus ) then elytra and pronotum exhibit large, round, shiny black tubercles. Males of all species in this subgenus have the apex of the aedeagus extended into a broad, dorso-ventrally flattened projection.

Included Species. Panscopus gemmatus , P. spantoni , P. squamosus , and P. michelbacheri .