Lanteriella Morrone, 1992

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 : 39

Lanteriella Morrone, 1992 Fig. 27

Lanteriella Morrone, 1992b: 167.

Type species.

Lanteriella microphtalma Morrone, 1992.

Diagnosis.

Very small (3.4-3.8 mm); vestiture of setae only; eyes very small, microphthalmic; pronotal disc smooth, polished; femora dorsoventrally compressed; tibiae apically expanded.

Relationships.

Lanteriella is the sister genus to Falklandius , asfound in a previous analysis (Morrone, 1997a).

Biology.

The only species of this genus was hypothesized to live in litter or soil ( Morrone 1992b).

Species included.

Lanteriella microphtalma Morrone, 1992.

Geographical distribution.

Andean region (Subantarctic subregion), in the Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) ( Morrone 1992b; Posadas 2008).

Material examined.

Lanteriella microphtalma (BMNH).

Figures

Figures 27 - 35. Habitus of representative Listroderini. 27 Lanteriella microphtalma 28 Telurus caudiculatus 29 Acrorius papallacta 30 Acrostomus bruchi 31 Antarctobius lacunosus 32 Germainiellus dentipennis 33 Lamiarhinus aelficus 34 Listroderes annulipes 35 Philippius superbus.