Pteleon Jacoby, 1888

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Genus Pteleon Jacoby, 1888

Pteleon Jacoby, 1888: 603 (type species Pteleon semicaeruleus Jacoby, 1888 , by original designation), new taxonomic placement (in Scelidites).

Remarks

This genus was formerly classified in the section Exosomites Wilcox, 1973. However, Gillespie et al. (2008) provided evidence indicating that it is nested within Scelidites. We here formally make the taxonomic change. The genus contains three described species. They occur in the southwestern United States and in Mexico. See Fig. 137 for a habitus illustration.

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).