Tristanodes Brinck, 1948

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Tristanodes Brinck, 1948

Tristanodes Brinck, 1948: 58.

Type species.

Tristanodes craterophilus Brinck, 1948.

Diagnosis.

Small to very small (3.7-6.5 mm); vestiture of seta-like scales and setae; pronotum subcylindrical.

Relationships.

Tristanodes is the sister genus to both Palaechthus and Palaechtodes . Oberprieler (1992) considered that the distinction between Tristanodes, Gunodes and Inaccodes is not without doubt.

Species included.

Tristanodes attai Brinck, 1948; Tristanodes conicus Brinck, 1948; Tristanodes craterophilus Brinck, 1948; Tristanodes echinatus Brinck, 1948; Tristanodes insolidus Brinck, 1948; Tristanodes integer Brinck, 1948; Tristanodes medius Brinck, 1948; Tristanodes minor Brinck, 1948; Tristanodes reppetonis Brinck, 1948; Tristanodes scirpophilus Brinck, 1948; Tristanodes sivertseni Brinck, 1948.

Immature stages.

Tristanodes scirpophilus (Kuschel, 1962).

Geographical distribution.

Tristan da Cunha-Gough islands ( Brinck 1948; Kuschel 1962).

Material examined.

Tristanodes attai (BMNH) and Tristanodes spp. (BMNH).