Stenolis Bates, 1864

Stenolis Bates, 1864: 149; Thomson, 1864: 324; 1865: 355; Monné, M.A., 2005a: 127 (cat.); Monné, M.A., 2011: 40 (rev.); 2012: 74.

Type-species. Stenolis undulata Bates, 1864 (monotypy) [= Stenocorus angulatus Fabricius, 1801]. Nyssosternus Gilmour, 1963: 4; Monné, M.A., 2005a: 109 (cat.); Monné, M.A., 2012: 72, syn. nov. Type-species. Nyssosternus duidaensis Gilmour, 1963 (original designation).

Gilmour (1963: 4) stated: ‘‘This new genus ( Nyssosternus) is closely allied to Nyssodrystes Gilmour, but differs in having the pronotum unarmed laterally, without any tubercle or spine, being simply broadly rounded’’. This is one of the main characters to recognize Stenolis from the ‘‘ Nyssodrys complex’’ (Monné, 1985).