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Purealus
Purealus is a monotypic genus of cleonine weevils (Curculionidae: Lixinae: Cleonini) endemic to the southwestern United States. The genus was erected to accommodate Purealus beckelorum, a species that cannot be placed in existing North American genera Apleurus or Scaphomorphus due to a unique combination of morphological characters. The genus is distinguished by two autapomorphies within Cleonini: a distinctly tumescent and asperate base of elytral interval 3, and widely separated procoxae. The single known species is winter-active and ground-dwelling in arid environments.