Ithystenus

Ithystenus is a genus of straight-snouted weevils belonging to the family Brentidae. Species of this genus can be found in Papua New Guinea and Australia.

Ithystenus
Male and female of Ithystenus wallacei from West Papua. Mounted specimen.
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Family:	Brentidae
Subfamily:	Brentinae
Tribe:	Trachelizini
Genus:	Ithystenus Pascoe, 1862
Synonyms
Leptorhynchus Boisduval, 1835 (Preocc.) Leptorynchus Boisduval, 1835 (Missp.) Leptorhynchus Guerin-Meneville, 1838 (Preocc.) Coptorhynchus Desbrochers, 1892 Ithistenus Senna, 1892 (Missp.)

List of species

Ithystenus adoptivus Kleine, 1919 Ithystenus alatus Kleine, 1919 Ithystenus angustatus Guérin-Méneville, 1831 Ithystenus appendiculatus Kleine, 1919 Ithystenus bicolor Sforzi & Bartolozzi 2004 Ithystenus bistriatus Kleine, 1919 Ithystenus caudatus Kleine, 1919 Ithystenus cavicaudatus Goossens, 2005 Ithystenus chevrolatii (Boisduval, 1835) Ithystenus confluens Kleine, 1919 Ithystenus cultellatus Kleine, 1919 Ithystenus cupreus Kleine, 1943 Ithystenus curvidens (Montrouzier, 1855) Ithystenus cyaneiventris Kleine, 1926 Ithystenus debilis Sharp, 1900 Ithystenus decorus Kleine, 1919 Ithystenus densepunctatus Kleine, 1919 Ithystenus diversicolor Kleine, 1930 Ithystenus forficulatus Kleine, 1931 Ithystenus francoisi (Desbrochers des Loges, 1892)

Ithystenus franklini Kleine, 1925 Ithystenus franklin-muelleri Kleine, 1925 Ithystenus frontalis Pascoe, 1862 Ithystenus hollandiae (Boisduval, 1835) Ithystenus impar Kleine, 1943 Ithystenus limbourgi Goossens, 2008 Ithystenus linearis Pascoe, 1862 Ithystenus muelleri Kleine, 1925 Ithystenus noonadani Damoiseau, 1966 Ithystenus ophiopsis Pascoe, 1862 Ithystenus perlongus Kleine, 1919 Ithystenus pumilus (Boisduval, 1835) Ithystenus punctifrons Kleine, 1919 Ithystenus sabulosus Kleine, 1919 Ithystenus similis Kleine, 1919 Ithystenus spinosus Kleine, 1919 Ithystenus unicolor Kleine, 1919 Ithystenus wallacei Pascoe, 1862

References

• Biolib
• Zipcodezoo
• Global Names
• Synopsis of the described coleoptera of the world
• Alessandra Sforzi The Straight-snouted Weevils (Coleoptera: Curculionoidea, Brentidae) of Papua Indonesia