Brachyomus

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

Familia: Curculionidae
Subfamilia: Entiminae
Supertribus: Polydrusitae
Tribus: Eustylini
Genus: Brachyomus
Species:

B. quadrinodosus (Boheman 1842): 217 Colombia and Venezuela

B. quadrituberculatus (Boheman 1842): 216 Colombia and Venezuela

B. metallescens Pascoe 1880: 427 Ecuador and Peru

B. octotuberculatus (Fabricius 1787): 112 French Guiana, Trinidad, and Venezuela

B. tuberculatus (Boheman 1842): 218 St. Vincent

B. bicostatus Faust 1892: 14 Venezuela

B. histrio Faust 1892: 14 Venezuela
Name

Brachyomus Lacordaire, 1863: 130

References

1. O'Brien, C.W., Wibmer, G.J., 1982. Annotated checklist of the weevils (Curculionidae sensu lato) of North America, Central America, and the West Indies (Coleoptera: Curculionoidea). Mem. Am. Entomol. Inst. 34, 1–382.

2. Wibmer, G.J., O'Brien, C.W., 1986. Annotated checklist of the weevils (Curculionidae sensu lato) of South America (Coleoptera: Curculionoidea). Mem. Am. Entomol. Inst. 39, 1–563.

3. Morrone, J.J., 1999. The species of Entiminae (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) ranged in America south of the United States. An. Inst. Biol. Univ. Nac. Autón. Méx., Ser. Zool. 70, 99–168.

Brachyomus is a Neotropical genus of broad-nosed weevils in the subfamily Entiminae, tribe Eustylini.[1]
Taxonomy

Brachyomus was described for the first time by Jean-Baptiste Henri Lacordaire in 1863 (p. 130).[2]
Description

Members of the genus Brachyomus are easily confused with members of the genus Compsus. Members of Brachyomus lack elytral shoulders and usually bear tubercles (four or more; there are only two in Compsus when they have them) on the broadest part of the elytra. They are usually covered by brown to whitish scales, forming some patterning; they can also bear metallic green or blue scales; some species have waxy secretions at the base of the elytral tubercles. There are thick scales rather uniform;y distributed all over the surface of the body, sometimes more densely so on the elytral tubercles. There is a key to identify most species in Faust (1892).[3]
Distribution

The genus Brachyomus is distributed in Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Peru, Trinidad, Venezuela and Saint Vincent[1][4][5]
List of species

Brachyomus contains 7 described species:[4][5]

Brachyomus bicostatus Faust, 1892: 14:[3] Venezuela.
Brachyomus histrio Faust, 1892: 14:[3] Venezuela.
Brachyomus metallescens Pascoe, 1880: 427:[6] Ecuador, Peru.
Brachyomus octotuberculatus (Fabricius), 1787: 112:[7] French Guiana, Trinidad, Venezuela.
Brachyomus quadrinodosus (Boheman), 1842: 217 [8] = Brachyomus sallei Faust, 1892: 15:[3] Colombia, Venezuela.
Brachyomus quadrituberculatus (Boheman), 1842: 216:[8] Colombia, Venezuela.
Brachyomus tuberculatus (Boheman), 1842: 218:[8] Saint Vincent.

References

Alonso-Zarazaga, M. A.; Lyal, C. H. C. (1999). A world catalogue of families and genera of Curculionoidea (Insecta: Coleoptera) excluding Scolytidae and Platypodidae (PDF). Barcelona, Spain: Entomopraxis. pp. 315 pp.
Lacordaire, J.T. (1863). Histoire naturelle des insectes: Genera des Coléoptères ou exposé méthodique et critique de tous les genres proposés jusqu’ici dans cet ordre d’insectes. Tome Sexième. Contenant la famille des Curculionides. Paris: Librairie encyclopédique de Roret. pp. 637 pp.
Faust, Johannes (1892). "Reise von E. Simon in Venezuela. Curculionidae. Pars prima". Entomologische Zeitung. 53: 1–44.
Wibmer, G. J.; O'Brien, C. W. (1986). "Annotated checklist of the weevils (Curculionidae sensu lato) of South America (Coleoptera: Curculionoidea)". Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute. 39: 1–563.
O’Brien, C.W.; Wibmer, G.J. (1982). "Annotated checklist of the weevils (Curculionidae sensu lato) of North America, Central America, and the West Indies (Coleoptera: Curculionoidea)". Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute. 34: 1–382.
Pascoe, F.P. (1880). "New Neotropical Curculionidae. Part I". The Annals and Magazine of Natural History. 5: 419–428.
Fabricius, Johann Christian (1787). Mantissa insectorum sistens eorum species nuper detectas adiectis characteribus genericis, differentiis specifis, emendationubus, observationibus (in Latin). Hafniae: Proft. pp. XX + 348 pp.
Schönherr, C.J. (1842). Genera et species Curculionidum, cum synonymia hujus familiae. Species novae aut hactenus minus cognitae, descriptionibus a Dom. Leonardo Gyllenhal, C. H. Boheman, et entomologis aliis illustratae, tomus sextus, pars secunda. Paris: Roret. pp. 495 pp.