Hylotribus
Creators: name: Queiroz, Fernando Luiz Cunha Avila Villar De
name: Mermudes, José Ricardo M.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2014
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Anthribidae
Hylotribus

description: Key to species of Hylotribus from Brazil
1 Rostrum long and thin (RL: 1.1–2.3 mm; Rostrum ratio: 1.8–2.5 longer than wide. Frons without “V” shaped spot........ 2
- Rostrum relatively shorter and broader (RL: 0.9–1.1; Rostrum ratio: 1.3–1.5 longer than wide. Frons with evident “V” shaped spot................................................................................................ 4
2 Pronotum without yellowish stripe. Antebasal carina 3-fragmented. Elytra with anterior tubercles well developed, merged by interstriae 1–4. (Brazil, RJ) (Figs. 1–2).................................................. H. fluminensis sp. nov.
- Pronotum with yellowish stripe from posterior region of central tubercle reaching posterior margin of pronotum. Antebasal carina 2-fragmented. Elytra with anterior tubercles feebly developed, merged by interstriae 2–4...................... 3
3 Dorsum of rostrum with distinct central carina. Pronotum with yellowish stripe that reaches posterior margin of pronotum and with central tubercle well developed. Elytra with transverse dark stripe between ante-apical tubercles, anteriorly surpassing elytra medial line, and other transverse yellowish stripe at apical declivity (Brazil, RS) (Figs. 9–10).... H. gauchus sp. nov.
- Dorsum of rostrum without carina. Pronotum with narrow yellowish stripe that reaches halfway between antebasal carina and posterior margin. Elytra with transverse dark stripe between ante-apical tubercles that does not surpass medial line, lacking other stripe at apical declivity (Brazil, SP) (Figs. 3–4)......................................... H. sublimis sp. nov.
4 Frons with “V” shaped spot with obtuse angle. Antebasal carina sinuous towards sides. Scutellum with whitish pubescence anteriorly oriented. Humeri with weakly evident callus; apical declivity of elytra blackened with transverse white-yellowish stripe; interstria 7 strongly costate (Brazil, SC) (Figs. 5–6)................................... H. plaumanni sp. nov.
- Frons with “V” shaped spot with acute angle. Antebasal carina straight to sides. Scutellum with brownish, sparse setae, anteriorly oriented. Interstria 7 not costate...................................................................... 5
5 Humeral callus well developed and with distinct tuft of setae at apex; elytra apical declivity without transverse stripe; winged (Brazil, SP) (Figs. 7–8)............................................................ H. frontispeltastes sp. nov.
- Humeral callus vestigial and with distinct tuft of setae at apex; elytra apical declivity with transverse yellowish stripe between ante-apical tubercles; wingless (Brazil, MG and SP) (Figs. 11–12)............................... H. involucer sp. nov.
description: Published as part of Queiroz, Fernando Luiz Cunha Avila Villar De & Mermudes, José Ricardo M., 2014, Six new species of Hylotribus Jekel, 1860 from Brazil (Coleoptera, Anthribidae, Anthribinae, Discotenini), pp. 242-258 in Zootaxa 3814 (2) on page 258, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3814.2.5, http://zenodo.org/record/253179