Lydamis

Lydamis centralis, from the Smithsonian Institution Department of Entomology.

Belongs within: Baridinae.

Lydamis is a genus of weevils found in Central and South America, characterised by the possession of relatively long and slender tarsal claws (Casey 1922).

Characters (from Casey 1922): Body rhomboidal, generally densely clothed with variegated scales; beak evenly arcuate, cylindric and strongly sculptured; antennae medial, first two segments of funicle rather elongate, subequal, two to four also more or less elongate and decreasing gradually, the outer three short, club elongate-oval, gradually pointed and with its first segment much less than half the mass. Scutellum well-developed, transverse, flat, densely clothed, with its hind margin somewhat sharply angulate.

<==Lydamis
    |--L. bifasciata Hustache 1949 H49
    |--L. cinnamomeus Champion 1907 D09
    |--L. conicicollis Hustache 1949 H49
    |--L. funebris Hustache 1949 H49
    |--L. nitida Hustache 1949 H49
    |--L. obscura Hustache 1949 [incl. L. obscura var. unicolor Hustache 1949] H49
    |--L. pumila Hustache 1949 H49
    |--L. subaurata Hustache 1949 [=L. punctella ms] H49
    |--L. venezuelana Hustache 1949 H49
    `--L. vicina 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.