Entimus

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Endopterygota
Superordo: Coleopterida
Ordo: Coleoptera
Subordo: Polyphaga
Superfamilia: Curculionoidea

Familia: Curculionidae
Subfamilia: Entiminae
Tribus: Entimini
Genus: Entimus
Species: E. arrogans – E. aurifer – E. dives – E. fastuosus – E. granulatus – E. imperialis – E. nigrosparsus – E. nobilis – E. plebejus – E. speciosus – E. splendidus – E. sumptuosus – E. tomentosus
Name

Entimus Ernst Friedrich Germar, 1817: 341

Type species: Cuculio imperialis Forster, 1771; fixation: subsequent designation by Schönherr 1823

References
Primary references

Germar, E.F. 1817. Miscellen und Correspondenz-Nachrichten. Magazin der Entomologie 2: 339–341. BHL Reference page.
Schönherr, C.J. 1823. Curculionides [Tabula synoptica familiae Curculionidum]. Isis von Oken 1823(10): 1132–1146. HathiTrust Library. BHL (BHL is missing pages) Reference page.

Additional references

Morrone, J. 2002: The Neotropical weevil genus Entimus (Coleoptera: Curculionidae<: Entiminae): Cladistics, biogeography, and modes of speciation. The Coleopterists Bulletin, 56(4): 501–513 [1]

Links

Catalogue of Life: 2021 Annual Checklist retrieved 5/8/2013

Entimus is a genus of broad-nosed weevils belonging to the family true weevil and the Entiminae subfamily.

Description

The species of the genus Entimus can reach a length of about 12–45 millimetres (0.47–1.77 in). They usually have green, blue and gold iridescent scales.[1]
Distribution

These species can be found from Mesoamerica to northeastern Argentina.
List of species & taxonomy

This genus includes the following eight species:

Entimus arrogans Pascoe, F.P., 1872
Entimus granulatus Linnaeus, 1758
Entimus imperialis (Forster, 1771)
Entimus excelsus (Viana. 1958)
Entimus serpafilhoi Morrone, Abadie and Godinho Jr., 2019
Entimus nobilis Olivier, 1790
Entimus splendidus Fabricius 1792 - synonym Entimus fastuosus Olivier, 1790
Entimus sastrei Viana 1958

The following cladogram represents the diversification of Entimus genus according phylogenetic analysis based on external morphology. It shows two vicariant events, where E. arrogans (Mesoamerican) diverged from South American species. Later, E. granulatus (Amazonian).[1][2]
 

Phaedropus
 
Entimus
 

E. arrogans
 
 
 

E. granulatus
 
 
 
 

E. fastuosus
 
 

E. sastrei
 
 
 
 

E. imperialis
 
 
 

E. serpafilhoi
 
 
 

E. nobilis
 
 

E. excelsus
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Mesoamerica - South America vicariance event
Paraná + Chacoan - Amazonian regions vicariance event
Paraná + Chacoan species
See also

Wtaxa
Virtual Beetles

References

Morrone, Juan J. (2002). "The Neotropical Weevil Genus Entimus (Coleoptera: Curculionidae<: Entiminae): Cladistics, Biogeography, and Modes of Speciation". The Coleopterists Bulletin. 56 (4): 501–513. doi:10.1649/0010-065X(2002)056[0501:TNWGEC]2.0.CO;2. ISSN 0010-065X.
Morrone, Juan J.; Abadie, Esteban I.; Godinho Jr., Celso (2019-04-24). "A new species of Entimus Germar (Coleoptera: Curculionidae<: Entiminae) from southeastern Brazil". Zootaxa. 4590 (1): 191. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4590.1.10. ISSN 1175-5334.