''Brachyomus'' is a

Neotropical The Neotropical realm is one of the eight biogeographic realms constituting Earth's land surface. Physically, it includes the tropical terrestrial ecoregions of the Americas and the entire South American temperate zone. Definition In bioge ...

genus of broad-nosed weevils in the subfamily Entiminae, tribe

Eustylini Eustylini is a primarily Neotropical weevil tribe in the subfamily Entiminae. Taxonomy The tribe Eustylini was named for the first time by Jean-Baptiste Henri Lacordaire in 1863, although, when first named, the tribe (Groupe Eustylides, p.&nbs ...

Taxonomy

''Brachyomus'' was described for the first time by

Jean-Baptiste Henri Lacordaire Jean-Baptiste Henri-Dominique Lacordaire (12 May 1802 – 21 November 1861), often styled Henri-Dominique Lacordaire, was a French ecclesiastic, preacher, journalist, theologian and political activist. He re-established the Dominican Order in p ...

in 1863 (p. 130).

Description

Members of the genus ''Brachyomus'' are easily confused with members of the genus ''

Compsus ''Compsus'' is a genus of broad-nosed weevils in the family Curculionidae, distributed across the Americas, primarily in northern South America. Taxonomy The genus ''Compsus'' was first named by Carl Johan Schönherr in 1823: col. 1140. It ...

''. Members of ''Brachyomus'' lack elytral shoulders and usually bear tubercles (four or more; there are only two in ''

'' when they have them) on the broadest part of the elytra. They are usually covered by brown to whitish scales, forming some patterning; they can also bear metallic green or blue scales; some species have waxy secretions at the base of the elytral tubercles. There are thick scales rather uniform;y distributed all over the surface of the body, sometimes more densely so on the elytral tubercles. There is a key to identify most species in Faust (1892).

Distribution

The genus ''Brachyomus'' is distributed in Colombia,

Ecuador Ecuador ( ; ; Quechua: ''Ikwayur''; Shuar: ''Ecuador'' or ''Ekuatur''), officially the Republic of Ecuador ( es, República del Ecuador, which literally translates as "Republic of the Equator"; Quechua: ''Ikwadur Ripuwlika''; Shuar: ' ...

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and Saint Vincent

List of species

''Brachyomus'' contains 7 described species: # ''Brachyomus bicostatus'' Faust, 1892: 14:

. # ''Brachyomus histrio'' Faust, 1892: 14:

. # ''Brachyomus metallescens'' Pascoe, 1880: 427:

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. # ''Brachyomus octotuberculatus'' (Fabricius), 1787: 112:

. # ''Brachyomus quadrinodosus'' (Boheman), 1842: 217 = ''Brachyomus sallei'' Faust, 1892: 15: Colombia,

. # ''Brachyomus quadrituberculatus'' (Boheman), 1842: 216: Colombia,

. # ''Brachyomus tuberculatus'' (Boheman), 1842: 218: Saint Vincent.

References

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