''Polyteles'' is a South American 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 ''Pachyrhynchus, Pachyrrhynchus''. In co ...
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Entimini
Entimini is a Neotropical realm, Neotropical weevil tribe in the subfamily Entiminae that includes 46 described species.
Most members of the tribe can be recognized by their relatively large and robust bodies. A key to identify the genera of Ent ...
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There are seven described species distributed in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Ecuador, Paraguay, Peru, and Uruguay.
A key to identify the genus among the Entimini was published by Vanin and Gaiger in 2005.
Species
''Polyteles'' has four species, all of which are listed below:
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Polyteles atrox'' (Germar, 1824: 438): Brazil.
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Polyteles decussatus'' Pascoe, 1870: 441: Peru.
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Polyteles guerini'' Fåhraeus, 1840: 743: Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay.
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Polyteles inka'' (Heller, 1932: 2): Ecuador, Peru.
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Polyteles setosus'' Kirsch, 1874: 393: Peru
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Polyteles stevenii'' (Schönherr, 1826: 82):
Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay.
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Polyteles uniformis'' (Heller, 1932: 2): Bolivia.
References
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Insects of South America
Entiminae
Insects described in 1829
Taxa named by Ernst Friedrich Germar