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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Tanymecus Germar, 1817 View in CoL

( figures 3, 4 View FIGURES 1–6 , 27, 28 View FIGURES 23–28 )

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 View in CoL .

References

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

Figures

FIGURES 1–6. Types of metatibial apex in Tanymecini. 1. Pandeleteinus subcancer, apex simple, right tibia, without tarsi. 2. P. subcancer, left tibia, with tarsi. 3. Tanymecus confusus, apex with false corbel, right tibia, without tarsi. 4. T. confusus, left tibia, with tarsi. 5. Minyomerus laticeps, apex with true corbel, right tibia, without tarsi. 6. M. laticeps, left tibia, with tarsi.

FIGURES 23–28. Species of Mexican Tanymecini. 23. Pandeleteius fasciatus, dorsal habitus. 24. P. fasciatus, lateral habitus. 25. Pandeleteius (Exmenetypus) championi, dorsal habitus. 26. P. (E.) championi, lateral habitus. 27. Tanymecus confusus, dorsal habitus. 28. T. confusus, lateral habitus.