Lydamis

Belongs within: Conoderinae.

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. balteatus Casey 1922 [incl. L. luteicollis Casey 1922]K83
    |--L. bifasciata Hustache 1949H49
    |--L. cinnamomeus Champion 1907D09
    |--L. conicicollis Hustache 1949H49
    |--L. ferrugineus Casey 1922 [incl. L. subsimilis Casey 1922]K83
    |--L. funebris Hustache 1949H49
    |--L. maculatus Casey 1922K83 [incl. L. confusus Casey 1922K83, L. punctella msH49, L. subauratus Hustache 1950K83]
    |--L. multicolor (Boheman 1844) [incl. L. ruficollis Bondar 1946]K83
    |--L. nitida Hustache 1949H49
    |--L. obscura Hustache 1949 [incl. L. obscura var. unicolor Hustache 1949]H49
    |--L. pumila Hustache 1949H49
    |--L. venezuelana Hustache 1949H49
    `--L. vicina Hustache 1949H49

*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.

[K83] Kuschel, G. 1983. New synonymies and combinations of Baridinae from the Neotropic and Nearctic regions (Coleoptera: Curculionidae). Coleopterists Bulletin 37 (1): 34–44.