Howeius, Mantilleri, 2011

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

Howeius n.gen.

Lord Howe Genus A, Zimmerman, 1991: 157; 1994: 215.

Type species. Howeius micropterus n.sp.

Diagnosis. Prorostrum longer than 0.5× the length of head + metarostrum + mesorostrum; mesorostrum with a small projection on either side under antennal base. Metasternum and sternites III–IV laterally not carinate. Sternites V–VI smooth, without basal notch; VII with two latero-apical depressions and no basal notch or apical fovea. Gonocoxites ( Fig. 33 ) fused at base; apex with a strong sclerotized lateral tooth; styli apical, reduced.

Remarks. The characters given in the diagnosis of the genus are not repeated in the description of the new species below.

Figures

Figs 23–33. Howeius micropterus n.gen., n.sp. (23) Head and pronotum,dorsal