Nestrius Broun, 1893

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Nestrius Broun, 1893

Nestrius Broun, 1893a: 1480.

Phyllodytes Broun, 1893a: 1479 (non Wagler 1830, nec Gistel 1848, nec Finsch 1873) (type species: Phyllodytes foveatus Broun, 1893a, by indication, monotypy).

Plotnus Broun, 1893a: 1481 (type species: Phyllodytes ovithorax Broun, 1893a, by indication, monotypy).

Proboscoelus Broun, 1909: 55 (type species: Proboscoelus sculpturatus Broun, 1909, by indication, monotypy).

Drymaria Broun, 1909: 56 (type species: Drymaria cilipes Broun, 1909, by indication, monotypy).

Phyllodytesius Schenkling & Marshall, 1929: 57 (replacement name for Phyllodytes Broun).

Type species.

Nestrius serripes Broun, 1893a (by indication, monotypy).

Diagnosis.

Small to very small (2.8-5.0 mm); vestiture of seta-like scales and setae; rostrum relatively stout, medium-sized, with dorsal carinae; eyes lateral; funicular segment 2 elongate; pronotum subcylindrical; scutellum not visible.

Relationships.

Nestrius is the sister genus to Falklandius-Lanteriella, confirming Kuschel’s ( 1964) suggestion that it was intermediate between Gromilus and Falklandius .

Species included.

Nestrius bifurcus Kuschel, 1964; Nestrius cilipes Broun, 1909; Nestrius crassicornis Broun, 1915; Nestrius foveatus (Broun, 1893); Nestrius hudsoni Marshall, 1953; Nestrius irregularis (Broun, 1910); Nestrius laqueorum Kuschel, 1964; Nestrius ovithorax (Broun, 1893); Nestrius prolixus Broun, 1917; Nestrius serripes Broun, 1893; Nestrius sculpturatus (Broun, 1909); Nestrius simmondsi Broun, 1921; Nestrius sulcirostris Broun, 1917; Nestrius zenoscelis Broun, 1921.

Geographical distribution.

New Zealand ( Schenkling and Marshall 1929; Kuschel 1964, 1971).

Material examined.

Nestrius foveatus (MZFC) and Nestrius sculpturatus (MZFC).