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

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

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. 1 2 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. 1 2 3 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. 1 2 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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