''Apodrosus'' is a Caribbean genus of broad-nosed weevils in the 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

Polydrusini Polydrusini is a weevil tribe (taxonomy), tribe in the subfamily Entiminae. Genera * ''Apodrosus'' * ''Auchmeresthes'' * ''Bremondiscytropus'' * ''Cautoderus'' * ''Gobidrusus'' * ''Homapterus'' * ''Liophloeus'' * ''Pachyrhinus'' * ''Polydrosod ...

Taxonomy

The genus ''Apodrosus'' was described for the first time by Sir Guy A. K. Marshall in 1922 (p. 59). The type species of the genus is ''Apodrosus wolcotti'', from Puerto Rico.

Description

Small weevils (3–7 mm) of variable coloration ranging from grey to metallic green. They bear a large, triangular, glabrous nasal plate at the apical region of the rostrum.

Distribution

''Apodrosus'' is distributed across the

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with representatives in

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(the

Dominican Republic The Dominican Republic ( ; es, República Dominicana, ) is a country located on the island of Hispaniola in the Greater Antilles archipelago of the Caribbean region. It occupies the eastern five-eighths of the island, which it shares with ...

and

Haiti Haiti (; ht, Ayiti ; French: ), officially the Republic of Haiti (); ) and formerly known as Hayti, is a country located on the island of Hispaniola in the Greater Antilles archipelago of the Caribbean Sea, east of Cuba and Jamaica, and ...

Puerto Rico Puerto Rico (; abbreviated PR; tnq, Boriken, ''Borinquen''), officially the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico ( es, link=yes, Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico, lit=Free Associated State of Puerto Rico), is a Caribbean island and Unincorporated ...

, and the

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List of species

The genus ''Apodrosus'' contains 22 described species: # ''Apodrosus adustus'' Girón & Franz, 2010: 393 (

) # ''Apodrosus alberti'' Anderson, 2017: 80 (

) # ''Apodrosus alternatum'' Anderson, 2017: 83 (

) # ''Apodrosus andersoni'' Girón & Franz, 2010: 356 (

) # ''Apodrosus argentatus'' Wolcott, 1924: 130 (

) # ''Apodrosus artus'' Girón & Franz, 2010: 353 (

) # ''Apodrosus beckeli'' Anderson, 2017: 85 (

) # ''Apodrosus earinusparsus'' Girón & Franz, 2010: 359 (

) # ''Apodrosus empherefasciatus'' Girón & Franz, 2010: 395 (

) # ''Apodrosus epipolevatus'' Girón & Franz, 2010: 362 (

) # ''Apodrosus eximius'' Girón & Franz, 2010: 370 (

) # ''Apodrosus franklyni'' Anderson, 2017: 87 (

) # ''Apodrosus griseus'' Anderson, 2017: 90 (

) # ''Apodrosus mammuthus'' Girón & Franz, 2010: 379 (

Mona Island Mona ( es, Isla de Mona) is the third-largest island of the Puerto Rican archipelago, after the main island of Puerto Rico and Vieques. It is the largest of three islands in the Mona Passage, a strait between the Dominican Republic and Puerto R ...

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) # ''Apodrosus mensurensis'' Anderson, 2017: 92 (

) # ''Apodrosus pseudoalternatus'' Anderson, 2017: 94 (

) # ''Apodrosus quisqueyanus'' Girón & Franz, 2010: 389 (

) # ''Apodrosus sandersoni'' Anderson, 2017: 96 (

) # ''Apodrosus stenoculus'' Girón & Franz, 2010: 385 (

) # ''Apodrosus viridium'' Girón & Franz, 2010: 381 (Dominican Republic) # ''Apodrosus wolcotti'' Marshall, 1922: 59 (

) # ''Apodrosus zayasi'' Anderson, 2017: 98 (

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References

Weevil genera Taxa named by Guy Anstruther Knox Marshall {{Weevil-stub