Polyteles

Life-forms

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: Polyteles
Species: P. alexandrae – ...
Name

Polyteles Schönherr, 1833 [source: NZ; conflicts with ION which attributes Polyteles to Germar, 1829; see Discussion for these links]

References

Schoenherr, C.J. 1833: 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. 1 (1), 8 (2): 452. [source: NZ] Roret; Fleischer. Paris; Leipzig. [not seen]

Polyteles is a South American genus of broad-nosed weevils in the subfamily Entiminae, tribe Entimini.[1] There are seven described species distributed in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Ecuador, Paraguay, Peru, and Uruguay.[1][2]

A key to identify the genus among the Entimini was published by Vanin and Gaiger in 2005.[3]
Species

Polyteles has four species, all of which are listed below:[2]

Polyteles atrox (Germar, 1824: 438):[4] Brazil.

Polyteles decussatus Pascoe, 1870: 441: Peru.
Polyteles guerini Fåhraeus, 1840: 743:[5] Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay.
Polyteles inka (Heller, 1932: 2): Ecuador, Peru.
Polyteles setosus Kirsch, 1874: 393:[6] Peru
Polyteles stevenii (Schönherr, 1826: 82):[7] Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay.
Polyteles uniformis (Heller, 1932: 2): Bolivia.

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.
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.
Vanin, Sergio Antonio; Gaiger, Fabio (2005-09-23). "A cladistic analysis of the genera of the tribe Entimini (Coleoptera, Curculionidae), with description of a new genus and species from the Amazonian Region". Zootaxa. 1053 (1): 1. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.1053.1.1. ISSN 1175-5334.
Germar, E. F. (1824). Insectorum species novae aut minus cognitae, descriptionibus illustratae. Volumen primum. Coleoptera. Halae: J. C. Hendelii et filii. pp. xxiv + 624 pp. + 2 pl.
Schönherr, C. J. (1840). 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 quintus, pars prima. Paris: Roret. p. 974.
Kirsch, T. (1874). "Beiträge zur Kenntniss der Peruanischen Käferfauna auf Dr. Abendroth's Sammlungen basirt. (Drittes Stück.)". Berliner Entomologische Zeitschrift. 18: 385–432.
Schönherr, C. J. (1826). Curculionidum dispositio methodica cum generum characteribus, descriptionibus atque observationibus variis seu Prodromus ad Synonymiae Insectorum. Lipsiae: Apud Fridericum Fleischer. pp. 338 pp.