Haversiella Schweiger, 1959

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 : 28

Haversiella Schweiger, 1959 Fig. 20

Haversia Champion, 1918a: 185 (non Röwer, 1913).

Haversiella Schweiger, 1959: 42 (replacement name for Haversia ).

Type species.

Haversiella albolimbata Champion, 1918 (by original designation).

Relationships.

Haversiella is the sister genus to Neopachytychius , andboth constitute the sister group to the five genera from the Tristan da Cunha-Gough islands.

Diagnosis.

Very small (3.0-3.9 mm); vestiture of subcircular scales only; maxillary mala lacking teeth; antennal insertion at the middle of the rostrum; pronotum subcircular; elytra elongate-oval; tibiae lacking spurs; plate of female sternum 8 reduced.

Species included.

Haversiella albolimbata (Champion, 1918).

Host plants.

Bryophytes ( Morrone 1994d).

Geographical distribution.

Southern Argentina, including the Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas), and southern Chile ( Morrone 1994d; Posadas 2008, 2012).

Material examined.

Haversiella albolimbata (BMNH, MHNS, MZFC, USNM).

Figures

Figures 18 - 26. Habitus of representative Listroderini. 18 Adioristidius hirsutus 19 Puranius nigrinus 20 Haversiella albolimbata 21 Listronotus bosqi 22 Neopachytychius squamosus 23 Falklandiellus suffodens 24 Falklandiopsis magellanica 25 Falklandius antarcticus 26 Gromilus veneris.