Macrohyliota

Macrohyliota is a genus of beetles in the family Silvanidae.[1] There are six known members of the genus, all occurring in the Asian and Australian regions.

Macrohyliota
Macrohyliota spinicollis
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Macrohyliota

Thomas, 2004

Macrohyliota can be distinguished from other genera in the subfamily Brontinae, tribe Brontini, by their relatively large, loosely jointed bodies, with a brown, granular incrustation that obscures the surface sculpture to a greater or lesser extent (individuals of two included species lack the incrustation). Individuals of most of the species have a tooth or carina on the mesotibia, and in most of the species there are small mandibular horns in the males.[1] Described species and their distributions are:

  • Macrohyliota bicolor Arrow, Australia
  • Macrohyliota gracilicornis (Arrow), SE Asia, New Guinea
  • Macrohyliota lucius (Pascoe), Australia
  • Macrohyliota militaris (Erichson), Australia
  • Macrohyliota spinicollis (Gory), SE Asia
  • Macrohyliota truncatipennis (Heller), SE Asia

References

  1. Thomas, M. C. 2004. The Brontini of the world: A generic review of the tribe (Coleoptera: Silvanidae: Brontinae). Insecta Mundi 17: 1-31 (2003).

Háva J. 2016. Macrohyliota philippinensis sp. nov. (Coleoptera: Silvanidae: Brontinae), a new species from the Philippines. ARQUIVOS ENTOMOLÓXICOS, 16: 431-434.

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