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Physical description

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The two species from our region referred to Diaprepes (sunk as a synonym of Exophthalmus by Lacordaire) agree with Schönherr's type (Curculio spengleri, Linn., from the Antilles) in having conspicuous vibrissæ, and the genus also includes other W. Indian forms. The supposed new genus briefly characterized (but not named), and a type indicated (Exophthalmus sommeri, Rosensch.), by Horn in 1876 (Proc. Am. Phil. Soc. xv. p. 100) is synonymous with Diaprepes, the particular species mentioned by him having a short angular prominence on each side of the prothorax in front (representing the true ocular lobe), much as in Pachnæus. In Exophthalmus (type Curculio quadrivittatus, Oliv.) the vibrissæ are entirely wanting. In both genera the elytra have supplementary striæ on the outer part of the disc.

Champion in: David Sharp & G. C. Champion, May 1911. Biol. Centr.-Amer.,Coleoptera, vol. 4, pt. 3: 180.

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Diaprepes

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Diaprepes Schönherr 1823: 1140 ^[1] is a genus of broad-nosed weevil belonging to the family Curculionidae, subfamily Entiminae, tribe Eustylini.^[2]

It is part of the so-called Exophthalmus genus complex.^[3]

Distribution

Distributed in the Caribbean, Central America and Florida: Trinidad, Venezuela; Honduras, Nicaragua; Antigua, Barbados, Cuba, Dominica, Guadeloupe, Haiti, Hispaniola, Martinique, Mona, Montserrat, Nevis, Puerto Rico, St. Barthelemy, St. Croix, St. Kitts, St. Lucia, St. Thomas, St. Vincent, Vieques; SE USA (Florida).^[2]