Bradybatus Germar, 1823

Li, Yizhe, Lü, Heyu, Jiang, Chunyan & Zhang, Runzhi, 2024, First record of the genus Bradybatus Germar (Coleoptera, Curculionidae, Anthonomini) from China with description of a new species, Zootaxa 5468 (3), pp. 557-568 : 558

Genus Bradybatus Germar, 1823

Type species. Bradybatus creutzeri Germar, 1823 by monotypy.

Diagnosis (modified from Dieckmann (1968)). Body length 2.60–5.33 mm (includes Bradybatus (Bradybatus) keerqinensis Lü and Zhang sp. n.); body red, brown to black; body and legs covered with white to yellow, rarely dark scales; elytra with rows of arched, curved scales, not easily recognized in densely scaled species; scales on the surface of pronotum and elytra normally form spots or bands; scales of frons close the base and directed anteriorly; rostrum short and stout, equal to or slightly longer than pronotum; antennae strong, especially funicle, funicle with six articles, funicular segment 1 equal or slightly longer than wide, segment 3–6 transverse, club oval; pronotum slightly wider than long; elytra rectangular with lateral margins parallel or widened to apex; wings well developed; legs robust, especially femora, with small teeth or none; tibiae short, with strong, curved mucro at apex; claws with teeth; presence of parameres on the tegmen.