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
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Cucujiformia
Family:	Brentidae
Subfamily:	Brentinae
Tribe:	Trachelizini
Genus:	Ithystenus Pascoe, 1862
Synonyms
Leptorhynchus Boisduval, 1835 (Preocc.) Leptorynchus Boisduval, 1835 (Missp.) Coptorhynchus Desbrochers, 1892 Ithistenus Senna, 1892 (Missp.)

List of species

These 46 species belong to the genus Ithystenus:^[1]

• Ithystenus adoptivus Kleine, 1919
• Ithystenus alatus Kleine, 1919
• Ithystenus angustatus Guérin-Méneville, 1831
• Ithystenus appendiculatus Kleine, 1919
• Ithystenus barbirostris Kleine, 1920
• 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 franklinmuelleri Kleine, 1925
• Ithystenus frontalis Pascoe, 1862
• Ithystenus fumosus Pascoe, 1862
• Ithystenus furvus Kleine, 1925
• Ithystenus hebridarum Senna, 1897
• Ithystenus hollandiae (Boisduval, 1835)
• Ithystenus impar Kleine, 1943
• Ithystenus leveri Kleine, 1939
• Ithystenus limbourgi Goossens, 2008
• Ithystenus linearis Pascoe, 1862
• Ithystenus mocsaryi (Bolkay, 1910)
• Ithystenus muelleri Kleine, 1925
• Ithystenus nigrosulcatus Fairmaire, 1881
• Ithystenus noonadani Damoiseau, 1966
• Ithystenus ophiopsis Pascoe, 1862
• Ithystenus perlongus Kleine, 1919
• Ithystenus pumilus (Boisduval, 1835)
• Ithystenus punctifrons Kleine, 1919
• Ithystenus rugosipunctatus Kleine, 1935
• Ithystenus sabulosus Kleine, 1919
• Ithystenus similis Kleine, 1919
• Ithystenus spinosus Kleine, 1919
• Ithystenus unicolor Kleine, 1919
• Ithystenus wallacei Pascoe, 1862