The Anypotactini are a Neotropical weevil tribe in the subfamily Entiminae. It includes 81 described species.
Distribution The tribe ranges from south-western USA (Texas) to Argentina and Chile and some Caribbean islands. Most genera are distributed in Central America and northern South America, but the largest genus, Hyphantus Germar, 1824 (45 species ), is distributed in southern Brazil, Argentina, Paraguay and Uruguay.
The Central American species were studied by Champion (1911).
Identification Most anypotactines are small (approx. 4–11 mm), covered by brown scales, with some members of the genus Prepodellus covered by metallic green or blue scales. The dorsal surface of the body usually bears thick and erect scale-like setae, rather uniformly distributed. Members of the genus Hyphantus tend to be larger and dark in coloration.
Genera Anypotactus Schönherr, 1840: 299 Bothinodontes Kirsch, 1868: 241 Cylloproctus Faust, 1892: 22 Helicorrhynchus Olliff, 1891: 61 Hyphantus Germar, 1824: 334 Hypsometopus Kirsch, 1868: 222 Neoanypotactus Hustache, 1938: 266 Nototactus Kuschel, 1952: 231 Paonaupactus Voss, 1953: 127 (+) Phanasora Pascoe, 1881: 38 Polydacrys Schönherr, 1834: 130 Prepodellus Kirsch, 1868: 239 Sitonites Heer, 1864: 90 (+)
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