Macrostyphlus Kirsch, 1889

Morrone, Juan J., 2013, The subtribes and genera of the tribe Listroderini (Coleoptera, Curculionidae, Cyclominae): Phylogenetic analysis with systematic and biogeographical accounts, ZooKeys 273, pp. 15-71 : 24

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scientific name	Macrostyphlus Kirsch, 1889
status

Treatment

Macrostyphlus Kirsch, 1889: 25.

Type species.

Macrostyphlus gualcalae Kirsch, 1889 (by indication, monotypy).

Diagnosis.

Very small (1.9-3.5 mm); vestiture consisting of subcircular scales and setae; pronotum subclyndrical; metanepisternal sutures posteriorly fused or obliterated; elytra with intervals convex.

Relationships.

Macrostyphlus is the sister genus of Andesianellus , ashypothesized in a previous analysis ( Morrone 1997a).

Species included.

Macrostyphlus bilbo Morrone, 1994; Macrostyphlus coelorum (Olliff, 1891); Macrostyphlus frodo Morrone, 1994; Macrostyphlus gandalf Morrone, 1994; Macrostyphlus gualcalae Kirsch, 1889; Macrostyphlus howdenorum Morrone, 1994; Macrostyphlus peruvianus Morrone, 1994; Macrostyphlus sturmi Morrone, 1994; Macrostyphlus transatlanticus (Kirsch, 1889); Macrostyphlus venezolanus Morrone, 1994.

Geographical distribution.

South American Transition Zone (North Andean Paramo and Puna biogeographical provinces), from eastern Venezuela to southern Peru ( Morrone 1994c).

Material examined.

Macrostyphlus bilbo (CNCI), Macrostyphlus coelorum (CWOB), Macrostyphlus frodo (ICNB, USNM), Macrostyphlus gandalf (CMNC, CNCI, MLP, MZFC), Macrostyphlus gualcalae (SMTD), Macrostyphlus howdenorum (CMNC), Macrostyphlus peruvianus (FMNH), Macrostyphlus sturmi (ICNB), Macrostyphlus transatlanticus (SMTD), Macrostyphlus venezolanus (MZFC).