Falklandiellus Kuschel, 1950

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 : 36

Falklandiellus Kuschel, 1950 Fig. 23

Falklandiellus Kuschel, 1950: 14.

Type species.

Falklandius suffodens Enderlein, 1907 (by original designation).

Diagnosis.

Very small (2.6-3.5 mm); vestiture of subcircular scales and setae; rostrum lacking dorsal carinae; antennal insertion distal; club fusiform; pronotum transverse; metanepisternal suture posteriorly fused or obliterated; elytra with series of declivital tubercles; tibiae with spurs.

Relationships.

Falklandiellus is the sister genus to Telurus-Nestrius-Falklandius-Lanteriella.

Species included.

Falklandiellus suffodens (Enderlein, 1907).

Host plants.

Bryophytes ( Morrone 1995a).

Geographical distribution.

Andean region (Subantarctic subregion), in southern Argentina, including the Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas), and southern Chile ( Morrone 1995a; Posadas 2008, 2012).

Material examined.

Falklandiellus suffodens (BMNH, CADIC, MACN, MLP, MZFC, USNM, ZMHU).

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.