Hylotribus Jekel, 1860

Queiroz, Fernando Luiz Cunha Avila Villar De & Mermudes, José Ricardo M., 2014, Six new species of Hylotribus Jekel, 1860 from Brazil (Coleoptera, Anthribidae, Anthribinae, Discotenini), Zootaxa 3814 (2), pp. 242-258 : 243

Hylotribus Jekel, 1860

Hylotribus Jekel, 1860: 239 ; Wolfrum, 1953: 7; Rheinheimer, 2004: 21.

Dinocentrus Lacordaire, 1866: 506 ; Wolfrum, 1929: 20; Blackwelder, 1947: 766; Wolfrum, 1953: 7. Stenocerus ; Blanchard, 1851: 298, non Stenocerus Schoenherr, 1826: 39 .

Type species: Stenocerus tuberculosus Blanchard, 1851 , subsequent designation by Rheinheimer (2004: 21).

Diagnosis. Head as long as wide; vertex convex. Eyes laterally-oriented, oval and weakly prominent; ommatidia moderately fine. Frons longer than wide, oblique, with ocular strip of dense pilosity slightly lighter near the inner margin. Rostrum subcylindrical, dorsally depressed; one third to two thirds longer than head length; narrower at base, and with basal width subequal to half head width. Pronotum with antebasal carina fragmented at middle, fragmented and prominent at sides. Pronotum and elytra with tubercles tufted with short and dark setae. Elytra compact, with flattened sides and accentuated apical declivity, prominent basal gibbosities, and tubercles on apical declivity.

Males with antennae slightly longer, reaching posterior half of prothorax; ventrite V depressed at middle, near apex.