Ambates

Ambates leopardinus, from the Smithsonian Institution.

Belongs within: Baridinae.

Ambates is a genus of weevils found in the Amazon region.

Characters (from Casey 1922): Beak arcuate, cylindric, antennae inserted at about middle of beak; anterior coxae contiguous; tibiae pluricostulate; claws arcuate, free; elytra not laterally carinulate, ornamentation circumambient.

<==Ambates
    |--A. benoisti Hustache 1949 H49
    |--A. bisignatus H49
    |--A. boliviensis Hustache 1949 H49
    |--A. chaetopus Champion 1909 D09
    |--A. claveri Hustache 1949 H49
    |--A. delicatulus Hustache 1949 H49
    |--A. foveifrons Hustache 1949 H49
    |--A. obliquatus Hustache 1949 H49
    |--A. obliquevittatus Hustache 1949 H49
    |--A. rufulus Hustache 1949 H49
    |--A. rugosus H49
    `--A. sulphureus Hustache 1949 H49

*Type species of generic name indicated

REFERENCES

Casey, T. L. 1922. Memoirs on the Coleoptera vol. 10. Studies in the rhynchophorous subfamily Barinae of the Brazilian fauna. New Era Printing Company: Lancaster (PA).

[D09] Davis, S. R. 2009. Morphology of Baridinae and related groups (Coleoptera, Curculionidae). ZooKeys 10: 1-136.

[H49] Hustache, A. 1949. Nouveaux Barinae Sud Américains. Première partie—Ambatini, Peridinetini, Pantotelini, Cyrionichyna et Optanini. Boletim do Museu Nacional, nova serie, Zoologia 95: 1-55.