Isodacrys

Isodacrys is a genus of broad-nosed weevils in the beetle family Curculionidae. There are 20 described species in Isodacrys,[1][2][3][4][5] ranging from the southern United States of America to Honduras.[5]

Isodacrys
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Family:	Curculionidae
Tribe:	Tanymecini
Genus:	Isodacrys Sharp, 1911

Natural history

Isodacrys species are distributed from south of the United States of America to Honduras, mainly across Mexican and Central American mountain ranges of ~1500–3100 meters above sea level; some species also occur in lowlands.[5] The adults of Isodacrys have been found in Quercus, Pinus and in other plants of different families as Asteraceae, Fabaceae, Rhamnaceae, Cucurbitaceae, Betulaceae, Malvaceae, and Solanaceae. Some adults have been collected from leaf litter and under rocks.[6][5] Immature stages remain unknown.[5]

Species

These 13 species belong to the genus Isodacrys:

• Isodacrys apicale Howden, 1961 ^{c g}
• Isodacrys brevirostre Howden, 1961 ^{c g}
• Isodacrys buchanani Howden, 1961 ^{c g}
• Isodacrys burkei Howden, 1961 ^{i g b}
• Isodacrys crispum Howden, 1961 ^{c g}
• Isodacrys ellipticum Howden, 1961 ^{c g}
• Isodacrys geminatum Howden, 1961 ^{c g}
• Isodacrys guatemalenum Sharp, 1911 ^{c g}
• Isodacrys mexicanum Sharp, 1911 ^{c g}
• Isodacrys minutum Sharp, 1911 ^{c g}
• Isodacrys orizabae Sharp, 1911 ^{c g}
• Isodacrys ovipennis (Schaeffer, 1908) ^{i c g}
• Isodacrys schwarzi Champion, 1911 ^{c g}

Data sources: i = ITIS,[1] c = Catalogue of Life,[2] g = GBIF,[3] b = Bugguide.net[4]

References

1. "Isodacrys Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-05-04.
2. "Browse Isodacrys". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-05-04.
3. "Isodacrys". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-05-04.
4. "Isodacrys Genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-05-04.
5. "Systematic revision of the genus Isodacrys Sharp, 1911 (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Entiminae: Tanymecini)". peerj.com. Retrieved 2020-10-29.
6. "A key to the Mexican genera of Tanymecini (Coleoptera: Curculionidae)". biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/. Retrieved 2020-11-01.

Further reading

• Bright, Donald E.; Bouchard, Patrice (2008). Insects and Arachnids of Canada, Part 25: Coleoptera, Curculionidae, Entiminae: Weevils of Canada and Alaska, Volume 2. NRC Research Press, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. ISBN 978-0660194004.
• O'Brien, Charles W.; Wibmer, Guillermo J. (1982). "Annotated checklist of the weevils (Curculionidae sensu lato) of North America, Central America, and the West Indies (Coleoptera: Curculionoidea)" (PDF). Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute.
• Lobl, I.; Smetana, A., eds. (2013). Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 7: Curculionoidea I. Apollo Books. ISBN 978-90-04-26093-1.
• Lobl, I.; Smetana, A., eds. (2013). Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 8: Curculionoidea II. Apollo Books. ISBN 978-90-04-25916-4.