Anypotactus

Anypotactus is a genus of broad-nosed weevils in the beetle family Curculionidae, subfamily Entiminae, tribe Anypotactini, present across Central and South America. There are six described species in Anypotactus.

Taxonomy
Anypotactus was described for the first time by Carl Johan Schönherr in 1840 (p. 299). The type species is Anypotactus exilis Boheman, 1840: 300.

Description
Members of Anypotactus are small (~4 to 10 mm). The following characters are provided by van Emden to recognize Anypotactus:

"Shoulders and wings present. Fore coxae contiguous. Mandibular scar not very large, not projecting. Rostrum separated from frons by a transverse groove. Femora toothed. Dorso-apical part of rostrum set off, rostrum rather short; nasal plate large and conspicuous."

Distribution
Members of Anypotactus range from Guatemala to Bolivia without representatives in the Caribbean.

Species
These six species belong to the genus Anypotactus  :


 * Anypotactus bicaudatus Champion, 1911: 215 : Costa Rica, Panama.
 * Anypotactus exilis Boheman, 1840: 300 : Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama, Colombia, Venezuela.
 * Anypotactus gracilis Voss, 1932: 36 = Anypotactus curvipes Hustache, 1940: 272 ; = Anypotactus peruvianus Hustache, 1938: 265 : Bolivia, Peru.
 * Anypotactus morosus (Boheman), 1840: 449 : Colombia,
 * Anypotactus strangulatus Hustache, 1938: 266 : Bolivia, Peru.
 * Anypotactus sulcicollis Faust, 1892: 21 : Venezuela.