Falklandiopsis Morrone and Anderson, 1995

Morrone, Juan J., 2013, The subtribes and genera of the tribe Listroderini (Coleoptera, Curculionidae, Cyclominae): Phylogenetic analysis with systematic and biogeographical accounts, ZooKeys 273, pp. 15-71 : 37

Falklandiopsis Morrone and Anderson, 1995 Fig. 24

Falklandiopsis Morrone and Anderson, 1995: 5.

Type species.

Falklandius magellanicus Morrone, 1992.

Diagnosis.

Very small (3.5-4.0 mm); vestiture of setae only; rostrum very short, stout; rostral dorsal carinae absent; scrobes short, ill-defined; eyes dorsal; scape medium-sized (reaching eye when resting in scrobe); funicular segments 3-6 globose; pronotum subcircular; elytra with humeral tubercles; femora subcylindrical, markedly clavate.

Relationships.

Falklandiopsis is the sister genus to both Liparogetus and the clade Falklandiellus-Telurus-Nestrius-Falklandius-Lanteriella.

Species included.

Falklandiopsis magellanica (Morrone, 1992).

Host plants.

Nothofagus betuloides (Mirb.) Oerst. (Nothofagacae) ( Morrone 1992b).

Geographical distribution.

Andean region (Subantarctic subregion), in southern Chile ( Morrone 1992b; Posadas 2012).

Material examined.

Falklandiopsis magellanica (MLP, MZFC, NZAC, ZMHU).

Figures

Figures 18 - 26. Habitus of representative Listroderini. 18 Adioristidius hirsutus 19 Puranius nigrinus 20 Haversiella albolimbata 21 Listronotus bosqi 22 Neopachytychius squamosus 23 Falklandiellus suffodens 24 Falklandiopsis magellanica 25 Falklandius antarcticus 26 Gromilus veneris.