''Oxyderces viridipes'' is a species of broad-nosed weevils in the family

Curculionidae The Curculionidae are a family of weevils, commonly called snout beetles or true weevils. They are one of the largest animal families, with 6,800 genera and 83,000 species described worldwide. They are the sister group to the family Brentidae. T ...

. This species is endemic to

Colombia Colombia (, ; ), officially the Republic of Colombia, is a country in South America with insular regions in North America—near Nicaragua's Caribbean coast—as well as in the Pacific Ocean. The Colombian mainland is bordered by the Car ...

, commonly found in

Medellín Medellín ( or ), officially the Municipality of Medellín ( es, Municipio de Medellín), is the second-largest city in Colombia, after Bogotá, and the capital of the department of Antioquia. It is located in the Aburrá Valley, a central re ...

and surrounding areas, but has been incidentally collected in the United States.

Taxonomy

''Oxyderces viridipes'' was described for the first time by

Carl Henrik Boheman Carl Henrik Boheman (10 July 1796 – 2 November 1868) was a Swedish entomologist. Boheman studied at Lund University and trained as an officer, participating in the invasion of Norway in 1814. He had been an enthusiastic entomologist since chi ...

in 1840, page 179, under the genus ''

Platyomus ''Platyomus'' is a genus of broad-nosed weevils in the family of beetles known as Curculionidae. There are at least 40 described species in ''Platyomus''. Species These 46 species belong to the genus ''Platyomus'': * '' Platyomus agonista'' Ge ...

.'' It belongs to the subfamily

Entiminae The Entiminae are a large subfamily in the weevil family Curculionidae, containing most of the short-nosed weevils, including such genera as ''Entimus'', ''Otiorhynchus'', ''Phyllobius'', ''Sitona'', and '' Pachyrrhynchus''. In comparison with ...

, tribe Eustylini. The taxonomic status of the species requires verification, since it can be easily confused with 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 ...

''. The holotype for ''Oxyderces viridipes'' is housed at the

Swedish Museum of Natural History The Swedish Museum of Natural History ( sv, Naturhistoriska riksmuseet, literally, the National Museum of Natural History), in Stockholm, is one of two major museums of natural history in Sweden, the other one being located in Gothenburg. The ...

(NHRS-JLKB000022891; identified as ''Compsus viridipes'').

Description

The original diagnosis, in Latin, offered by

Boheman Boheman is a Swedish surname. Prevalence Outside of Sweden, the surname is also prevalent in the United States. Origin The surname originates from the name of a burguess from Jönköping. Notable people Notable people with this surname include ...

is as follows: According to this diagnosis, the species can be recognized by the following features: dense cover of green scales; head and rostrum with cupreous scales; frons with a fovea, rostrum medially depressed; pronotum slightly depressed medially, coarsely rugose; elytra dorsally flattened, with moderately marked elytral punctures, with alternate interstriae moderately elevated, sutural region covered by white scales and apices projected; legs covered by shiny green scales.

Distribution

''Oxyderces viridipes'' is endemic to

. The type locality is Antioquia and there are plenty of records i
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from

and surrounding municipalities. The species has been both, intercepted at ports of entry and recorded i
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from the United States.

References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q110144278 Entiminae Arthropods of Colombia Beetles of South America Endemic fauna of Colombia Insects described in 1840 Taxa named by Carl Henrik Boheman