Brontini (Thomas, 2004)

Thomas, Michael C., 2011, A new genus and species of brontine Silvanidae from Australia (Coleoptera: Cucujoidea), Insecta Mundi 2011 (154), pp. 1-8 : 3-4

Key to the genera and species of the tribe Brontini of Australia

1. Frontal lines of head long and conspicuous, reaching the anterior margin of the eye .................. .................................................................... Australodendrophagus australis (Erichson)

— Frontal lines of head short and inconspicuous or absent ............................................................ 2

2(1). Elytra fused; hind wings absent .................................................................................................. 3

— Elytra not fused; hind wings present .......................................................................................... 5

3(2). Elytral apices conjointly rounded ................................... Brontoliota indivisipennis Thomas

— Elytra apices divaricate ............................................................................................................... 4

4(3). Head and pronotum impunctate, or nearly so; body less elongate, elytra 2.5x or less longer than wide .................................................................................. Brontoliota intermedius Thomas

— Head and pronotum with large, conspicuous ocellate punctures; body more elongate, elytra more than 2.5x longer than wide .................................................. Brontoliota monteithi Thomas

5(2). Antennal scape with erect setae, some of which are longer than diameter of scape ..................... ........................................................................................ Australohyliota macleayi (Olliff)

— Antennal scape with depressed or subdepressed setae, which are much shorter than diameter of scape ......................................................................................................................................... 6

6(5). Body without encrustation .......................................................................................................... 7

— Body with encrustation ............................................................... Macrohyliota lucia (Pascoe)

7(6). Antennal scape longer than head; tibiae strongly curved ........................................................... 8

— Antennal scape shorter than head; tibiae not curved .................................................................... ................................................................. Notophanus bellicilifer Thomas , n. gen., n. sp.

8(7). Body black; elytra black with red basal fascia; all pronotal spines long and acute ....................... ....................................................................................... Macrohyliota militaris (Erichson)

— Body red; elytra sometimes black, but without fascia; pronotal spines short and broad .............. ............................................................................................... Macrohyliota bicolor (Arrow)