Xestogaster

Xestogaster is a South American genus of broad-nosed weevils in the family Curculionidae.[1]

Xestogaster
Dorsal view of Xestogaster spp.
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Family: Curculionidae
Tribe: Eustylini
Genus: Xestogaster
Marshall, 1922

Taxonomy

The genus was described by Sir Guy A. K. Marshall in 1922 (p. 221).[2]

Species

Xestogaster contains four described species:[3]

  1. Xestogaster mucorea (Kirsch, 1889)[4] – Peru
  2. Xestogaster porosa (Marshall, 1922)[2] – Colombia
  3. Xestogaster squalida (Marshall, 1922)[2] – Colombia
  4. Xestogaster viridilimbata (Bovie, 1907)[5] – Brazil

Description

Members of the genus Xestogaster are similar to members of the genera Exorides and Compsus.

According to Marshall:

The members of this genus can be distinguished from all their allies by the mesosternal tubercle and the highly polished venter.

— Guy A. K. Marshall, VI. On new genera and species of Neotropical Curculionidae., p. 221.

Distribution

The genus Xestogaster is distributed in Brazil, Colombia, and Peru.[1][3]

References
  1. 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.
  2. Marshall, Guy A. K. (1922). "VI. On New Genera and Species of Neotropical Curculionidae". Transactions of the Royal Entomological Society of London. 70 (1–2): 181–224. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2311.1922.tb02830.x. ISSN 1365-2311.
  3. 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.
  4. Kirsch, T. (1889). "Coleopteren gesammelt in den Jahren 1868-1877 auf einer Reise durch Süd Amerika von Alphons Stübel". Abhandlungen und Berichte des Königl. Zoologischen und Anthropologisch-Etnographischen Museums zu Dresden. 1888–1889: 1–58 + 4pt.
  5. Bovie, A. (1907). "Notes sur les Curculionides [Première partie]". Annales de la Société entomologique de Belgique. 51: 67–71.
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