Abstract

ORELLANA, K. Samanta  and  GIRON, Jennifer C.. State of knowledge of the Anthribidae (Insecta: Coleoptera: Curculionoidea) in Colombia with a key to genera. Biota colombiana [online]. 2024, vol.25, e1149.  Epub Jan 30, 2024. ISSN 0124-5376.  https://doi.org/10.21068/2539200x.1149.

Anthribidae is a small family of beetles known as fungus weevils, for which the state of knowledge for Colombian species has never been synthesized. Anthribids are scarce in Colombian biological collections and are usually only identified at the family level. We updated the list of species of fungus weevils recorded from Colombia. There are 37 species of anthribids recorded for the country, placed into 14 genera, 10 tribes, and 2 subfamilies. Three additional genera have been observed in the country based on records from the online platform iNaturalist. Verification of these records and species-level identifications require the revision of national biological collections. We discuss the biodiversity of Colombian fungus weevils compared to neighboring countries and provide a key to identify the genera present in Colombia. The species Domoptolis championi Jordan, 1906 is recorded for Colombia for the first time.

Keywords : Fungus weevils; biodiversity; Neotropical region; checklist; distribution.

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