Barystethus

Barystethus is a genus of true weevils, family the Curculionidae.^[1][2][3] It occurs in New Guinea.^[2] The genus includes Barystethus cletusi, a pest of coconut.^[4]

Barystethus
Barystethus tropicus from New Guinea
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Cucujiformia
Family:	Curculionidae
Subfamily:	Dryophthorinae
Genus:	Barystethus Lacordaire, 1865

Species

Barystethus contains the following accepted species:^[1]

• Barystethus aberrans Günther, K., 1935
• Barystethus ater Pascoe, F.P., 1874
• Barystethus basalis Faust, J., 1899
• Barystethus chevrolati Faust, J., 1899
• Barystethus cletusi Heller, 1914
• Barystethus dispar Chevrolat, L.A.A., 1880
• Barystethus globithorax Heller, 1914
• Barystethus imparatus Heller, K.M., 1914
• Barystethus imperialis Heller, 1914
• Barystethus macilentus Heller, 1914
• Barystethus melanosoma Lacordaire, T., 1865
• Barystethus neopommeranus Guenther, 1943
• Barystethus parvulus Heller, 1914
• Barystethus puncticollis Heller, 1914
• Barystethus rufus Faust, J., 1899
• Barystethus semitomentosus Chevrolat, L.A.A., 1882
• Barystethus tropicus Pascoe, F.P., 1885
• Barystethus wahnesi Hartmann, 1900