Higonius Lewis, 1883

Mantilleri, Antoine, 2011, Revision of the Tribe Microtrachelizini Zimmerman, 1994, from Australia: New Taxa and Records (Insecta: Coleoptera, Brentidae), Records of the Australian Museum 63 (1), pp. 89-98 : 93

Higonius Lewis

Higonius Lewis, 1883: 299 . Type species: Higonius poweri Lewis, 1883: 299 , by subsequent designation ( Kleine, 1938).

Diagnosis. Head broader than long, notched at base, bilobed above neck; temples shorter than length of eyes.Vertex, frons and metarostrum grooved. Mesorostrum strongly raised, forming a kind of plate above antennal insertion. Prorostrum much shorter than head + metarostrum + mesorostrum. Last three antennal segments flattened. Pronotum longitudinally grooved. Interstria 8 forming the external apical border of elytra. Hind wings with strongly sclerified basal sclerite. Sternites V–VI with three basal notches; sternite VII with two latero-apical depressions. Gonopods IX fused at base, with sclerified lateral tooth. Styli strongly reduced, lateral.

Distribution. Oriental and Australian region.