''Exorides'' is a genus of broad-nosed weevils in the family Curculionidae, tribe

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Taxonomy

''Exorides'' was described for the first time by Francis P. Pascoe in 1881 (p. 43). A discussion about the genus along with a key to most species was published by Guy A. K. Marshall in 1922. It belongs to the so-called "''Compsus'' genus complex".

Description

Species of the genus ''Exorides'' are easily confused with members of the genus ''

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'', as well as with members of the genus '' Xestogaster''. A "provisional" diagnosis for ''Exorides'' is offered by Marshall: The scale coverage in ''Exorides'' is highly variable, from absent to dense, including iridescent or metallic colorations. Some species are able to produce waxy secretions and filaments, but this is not common across the genus.

Distribution

Members of the genus ''Exorides'' can be found in Colombia,

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Species list

The genus contains 29 described species: # '' Exorides abruptecostatus'' Marshall, 1922: 210:

. # '' Exorides bifurcatus'' Marshall, 1926: 537: Colombia. # '' Exorides caudatus'' Marshall, 1922: 217= ''Exorides rudeli'' Voss, 1953: 259: Colombia. # '' Exorides corrugatus'' Marshall, 1922: 218:

. # '' Exorides cylindricus'' Marshall, 1922: 213: Colombia. # '' Exorides equatorius'' Marshall, 1922: 219:

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. # '' Exorides equicaudatus'' Marshall, 1922: 207:

. # '' Exorides espeletiae'' (Kirsch), 1889: 23: Colombia. # '' Exorides festivus'' Marshall, 1952: 325:

. # '' Exorides immadidus'' Kuschel, 1950: 71:

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. # '' Exorides labyrinthicus'' (Kirsch), 1889: 22: Colombia. # '' Exorides lajoyei'' (Bovie), 1907: 68:

. # '' Exorides lindingi'' (Kirsch), 1889: 24: Colombia. # '' Exorides marshalli'' (Bovie), 1908: 44: Colombia. # '' Exorides masoni'' Marshall, 1922: 215:

. # '' Exorides mucronatus'' (Faust), 1892: 18= ''Exorides inflatus'' Marshall, 1922: 214: Colombia,

. # '' Exorides obesus'' Marshall, 1922: 209: Colombia. # '' Exorides octocostatus'' Hustache, 1938: 117:

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. # '' Exorides otiosus'' Hustache, 1938: 116:

. # '' Exorides pedunculatus'' Marshall, 1922: 216:

. # '' Exorides praeteritus'' Marshall, 1922: 206:

. # '' Exorides pyriformis'' Marshall, 1922: 211: Colombia. # '' Exorides quadrivittatus'' (Kirsch), 1889: 23: Colombia. # '' Exorides rugosus'' (Taschenberg), 1870: 188: Colombia. # '' Exorides septemcostatus'' Marshall, 1922: 212: Colombia,

. # '' Exorides sulcicollis'' (Kirsch), 1889: 24:

. # '' Exorides wagneri'' (Harold), 1863: 176 = ''Exorides carinatus'' Pascoe, 1881: 43:

. # '' Exorides whymperi'' (Olliff), 1891: 63:

. # '' Exorides willei'' Kuschel, 1950: 72:

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References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q14926025 Entiminae