Macrostyphlina, Morrone, 2013
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https://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.273.4116 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/8B9D0E20-B0CA-18A5-E738-7523E22344CB |
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scientific name |
Macrostyphlina |
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subtr. n. |
Macrostyphlina subtr. n.
Type genus.
Macrostyphlus Kirsch, 1889.
Diagnosis.
Scrobes long, deep, sharply bordered, reaching eyes, with suprascrobal keel; elytra oblong-oval, with intervals usually flat, lacking anteapical tubercle.
Included taxa.
This new subtribe, which basically corresponds to the Macrostyphlus generic group of Morrone (1994c, 1997a), includes the genera Adioristidius , Amathynetoides , Andesianellus , Macrostyphlus , Nacodius and Puranius . All these genera are distributed in South America, in the Andean region and the South American Transition Zone (sensu Morrone 2006).
Key to the genera of Macrostyphlina
1 | Postocular lobes present | 2 |
- | Postocular lobes absent | 4 |
2 | Pronotum transverse to strongly transverse | Puranius ( Fig. 19 View Figures 18–26 ) |
- | Pronotum subcircular or subcylindrical | 3 |
3 | Pronotum subcircular with subparallel flanks, disc smooth, polished; metanepisternal sutures present, complete; elytra with intervals flat | Amathynetoides |
- | Pronotum subcylindrical, disc rugose; metanepisternal sutures posteriorly fused or obliterated; elytra with intervals convex | Adioristidius ( Fig. 18 View Figures 18–26 ) |
4 | Vestiture consisting of subcircular scales and setae; elytra with small, rounded tubercles | Macrostyphlus |
- | Vestiture consisting of seta-like scales and setae or only setae; elytra lacking tubercles | 5 |
5 | Vestiture consisting of seta-like scales and setae; eyes large, slightly convex; pronotum disc smooth, polished; basal elytral margin not raised | Nacodius |
- | Vestiture consisting of setae only; eyes very small, microphthalmic (8 or fewer facets), flat; pronotum disc rugose; basal elytral margin raised, subcarinate | Andesianellus |
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