''Anypotactus'' is a genus of broad-nosed weevils in the beetle family Curculionidae, subfamily

Entiminae The Entiminae are a large subfamily in the weevil family Curculionidae, containing most of the short-nosed weevils, including such genera as '' Entimus'', '' Otiorhynchus'', '' Phyllobius'', '' Sitona'', and '' Pachyrrhynchus''. In comparison ...

, tribe

Anypotactini The Anypotactini are a Neotropical weevil tribe in the subfamily Entiminae. It includes 81 described species. Distribution The tribe ranges from south-western USA (Texas) to Argentina and Chile and some Caribbean islands. Most genera are dist ...

, present across

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and

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. There are six described species in ''Anypotactus''.

Taxonomy

''Anypotactus'' was described for the first time by

Carl Johan Schönherr Carl Johan Schönherr (10 June 1772 – 28 March 1848) was a Swedish entomologist who revised the taxonomy of beetles, including weevils. Born in Stockholm, Schönherr was son of a German immigrant who had established himself as a silk manufactu ...

in 1840 (p. 299). The type species is ''Anypotactus exilis'' Boheman, 1840: 300.

Description

Members of ''Anypotactus'' are small (~4 to 10 mm). The following characters are provided by van Emden to recognize ''Anypotactus'':

Distribution

Members of ''Anypotactus'' range from Guatemala to

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without representatives in the Caribbean.

Species

These six species belong to the genus ''Anypotactus'' '''': * ''Anypotactus bicaudatus'' Champion, 1911: 215: Costa Rica,

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. * ''Anypotactus exilis'' Boheman, 1840: 300: Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras,

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, Colombia,

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. * ''Anypotactus gracilis'' Voss, 1932: 36 = ''Anypotactus curvipes'' Hustache, 1940: 272; = ''Anypotactus peruvianus'' Hustache, 1938: 265:

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. * ''Anypotactus morosus'' (Boheman), 1840: 449: Colombia, * ''Anypotactus strangulatus'' Hustache, 1938: 266:

. * ''Anypotactus sulcicollis'' Faust, 1892: 21:

References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q14924184 Entiminae