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| Xestogaster | |
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| Dorsal view of Xestogaster spp. | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Cucujiformia |
| Superfamily: | Curculionoidea |
| Family: | Curculionidae |
| Tribe: | Eustylini |
| Genus: | Xestogaster Marshall, 1922 |
Xestogaster is a South American genus of broad-nosed weevils in the family Curculionidae.[1][2]
Taxonomy
[edit]The genus was described by Sir Guy A. K. Marshall in 1922 (p. 221).[3]
Species
[edit]Xestogaster contains four recognized species:[1][4]
- Xestogaster mucorea (Kirsch, 1889)[5] – Peru
- Xestogaster porosa (Marshall, 1922)[3] – Colombia
- Xestogaster squalida (Marshall, 1922)[3] – Colombia
- Xestogaster viridilimbata (Bovie, 1907)[6] – Brazil
Description
[edit]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
[edit]The genus Xestogaster is distributed in Brazil, Colombia, and Peru.[2][4]
References
[edit]- 1 2 "Xestogaster Marshall, 1922". Catalogue of Life. Species 2000: Leiden, the Netherlands. Retrieved 20 April 2026.
- 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. 315 pp.
- 1 2 3 Marshall, Guy A. K. (1922). "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.
- 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.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ Bovie, A. (1907). "Notes sur les Curculionides [Première partie]". Annales de la Société entomologique de Belgique. 51: 67–71.