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Hadromeropsis

Hadromeropsis is a genus of broad-nosed weevils in the beetle family Curculionidae.

There are more than 50 described species in Hadromeropsis.

Taxonomy

Hadromeropsis was described for the first time by W. Dwight Pierce in 1913 (p. 400). The Central American species were treated by Champion. The genus was revised by Anne Howden in 1982: It contains two subgenera: Hadromeropsis (Hadromeropsis) and Hadromeropsis (Hadrorestes).

Description

Howden offered the following diagnosis for Hadromeropsis:

Howden indicates that the most similar genus to Hadromeropsis is the South American genus Macropterus.

Distribution

The genus Hadromeropsis has been recorded from Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay, Venezuela, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Mexico, and Panama.

Species

These 53 species belong to the genus Hadromeropsis:

References