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.
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Genus: | 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
- 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.