Ambates

Belongs within: Conoderinae.

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 [=Ambatis (l. c.)]K83
    |--A. benoisti Hustache 1949H49
    |--A. bisignatusH49
    |--A. boliviensis Hustache 1949H49
    |--A. chaetopus Champion 1909D09
    |--A. claveri Hustache 1949H49
    |--A. delicatulus Hustache 1949H49
    |--A. foveifrons Hustache 1949H49
    |--A. griseolus Erichson 1847 [incl. A. arcuatus Hustache 1939]K83
    |--A. modestus Kirsch 1874 [incl. A. velatus Hustache 1939]K83
    |--A. obliquatus Hustache 1949H49
    |--A. obliquevittatus Hustache 1949H49
    |--A. rufulus Hustache 1949H49
    |--A. rugosusH49
    |--A. salamandra Kirsch 1868 [incl. A. decemnotatus Champion 1907]K83
    |--A. sulphureus Hustache 1949H49
    |--A. tergosignatus Chevrolat 1877 [incl. A. buqueti Faust 1892]K83
    `--A. vestitus Chevrolat 1877 [incl. A. circumductus Champion 1907]K83

*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.