Halinella Bechyné, 1956a

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Genus Halinella Bechyné, 1956a

Halinella Bechyné, 1956a: 323 (type species Halinella malachioides Bechyné, 1956 , by original designation).

Remarks

This genus contains nine described species, all from South America. Compared to other New World genera of Monoleptites, Halinella is rather distinctive, the beetles being more elongate and dorsoventrally flattened than many of those in other genera ( Fig. 140 ).

Figures

Figs 136–143. Dorsal views. 136. Triariodes vittipennis (Horn, 1893). 137. Pteleon brevicornis (Jacoby, 1887). 138. Eusattodera pini Schaeffer, 1906. 139. Metrioidea ocularis (Blake, 1942). 140. Halinella malachioides Bechyné, 1956. 141. Luperodes nigricornis Jacoby, 1888. 142. Monolepta violacea Jacoby, 1888. 143. Lilophaea brasiliensis (Jacoby, 1888).