Minyomerus Horn, 1876

Cortés-Hernández, Kevin A. & Morrone, Juan J., 2019, A key to the Mexican genera of Tanymecini (Coleoptera: Curculionidae), Zootaxa 4615 (1), pp. 46-56 : 50-51

Minyomerus Horn, 1876

( figures 5, 6 , 19, 20 )

Elissa Casey, 1888 .

Pseudelissa Casey, 1888 .

Piscatopus Sleeper, 1960 .

Six species are distributed in Mexico. To separate species and their natural history see Jansen and Franz (2015, 2018).

Minyomerus caseyi (Sharp, 1891) .

Minyomerus franko Jansen & Franz, 2018 .

Minyomerus gravivultus Jansen & Franz, 2015 .

Minyomerus languidus Horn, 1876 . New country record: “ MEXICO: Chihuahua, carrt 45 km 23 El Sueco Villa Ahumada. 13-VII-85. H. Brailovsky ” ( 1 specimen, CNIN).

Minyomerus laticeps (Casey, 1888) .

Minyomerus rutellirostris Jansen & Franz, 2015 .

Figures

FIGURES 1–6. Types of metatibial apex in Tanymecini. 1. Pandeleteinus subcancer, apex simple, right tibia, without tarsi. 2. P. subcancer, left tibia, with tarsi. 3. Tanymecus confusus, apex with false corbel, right tibia, without tarsi. 4. T. confusus, left tibia, with tarsi. 5. Minyomerus laticeps, apex with true corbel, right tibia, without tarsi. 6. M. laticeps, left tibia, with tarsi.

FIGURES 17–22. Species of Mexican Tanymecini. 17. Isodrusus debilis, dorsal habitus. 18. I. debilis, lateral habitus. 19. Minyomerus laticeps, dorsal habitus. 20. M. laticeps, lateral habitus. 21. Pandeleteinus subcancer, dorsal habitus. 22. P. subcancer, lateral habitus.