Metahydnobius Portevin

Peck, Stewart B., Gnaspini, Pedro & Newton, Alfred F., 2020, Updated catalog and generic keys of the Leiodidae (Insecta: Coleoptera) of the Neotropical region (“ Latin America ”: Mexico, the West Indies, and Central and South America), Zootaxa 4741 (1), pp. 1-114 : 90

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Genus Metahydnobius Portevin View in CoL

Metahydnobius Portevin, 1942: 78 View in CoL . Type species: Hydnobius forticornis Champion View in CoL (monotypy).

= Hydnobiotus Jeannel, 1962: 492 View in CoL ; Newton, 1998: 84, 169 syn. Type species: Hydnobiotus bimaculatus Jeannel View in CoL (orig. des.).

Distribution: Southern Chile, southwestern Argentina.

Note: Genus and its type species overlooked by Jeannel, 1962 ( Newton, 1998: 169).

Biology: Unknown; probably subterranean fungus feeder in litter in forests, found once on bracket fungus on log.

Jeannel, R. (1962) Les Silphidae, Liodidae, Camiaridae et Catopidae de la Paleantarctide occidentale. In: Delamare Deboutteville, C. & Rapoport, E. (Eds.), Biologie de l'Amerique Australe. Vol. 1. Etudes sur la Faune du Sol. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Paris, pp. 481 - 525.

Newton, A. F. Jr. (1998) Phylogenetic problems, current classification and generic catalog of World Leiodidae (including Cholevidae). Museo Regionale di Scienze Naturali di Torino Atti, 8, 41 - 177.

Portevin, G. (1942) Description de Liodides nouveaux. Revue Francaise d'Entomologie, 9, 76 - 78.