title: Taxonomy ofHylotribusJekel (Coleoptera: Anthribidae, Anthribinae): new synonymies, combinations and type designations.
abstract: The type material of six species of Anthribidae from Chile and one from Peru, originally described as Stenocerus Schoenherr and Stenorrhynchus Philippi & Philippi and later transferred to Hylotribus Jekel, was reexamined. These species are Stenocerus asperatus Blanchard, 1851, Stenocerus aspis Erichson, 1847, Stenocerus posticalis Philippi & Philippi, 1864, Stenocerus quadratipennis Germain, 1854, Stenorrhynchus quadrinotatus Philippi & Philippi, 1864, and Stenocerus tuberculosus Blanchard, 1851. Lectotype designations were made for Hylotribus asperatus, Hylotribus quadratipennis, and Hylotribus tuberculosus. New synonyms were established as follows: Hylotribus signatipes (Blanchard, 1851) = H. quadratipennis (Germain, 1854) syn. n., = H. quadrinotatus (Philippi & Philippi, 1864) syn. n., Hylotribus asperatus (Blanchard, 1851) = H. posticalis (Philippi & Philippi, 1864) syn. n.. While, Hylotribus aspis (Erichson, 1847) from Peru was transferred to Piesocorynus Dejean, 1834 and a new combination and synonymy proposed, Piesocorynus aspis (Erichson, 1847) n. comb. = Piesocorynus gracilicornis (Jekel, 1855) syn. n. The genus Hylotribus is defined with five species from Chile and six from Brazil, and the Chilean species are redescribed with illustrations. A new key to all species is included.
authors.affiliation: Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Departamento de Zoologia, Laboratório de Entomologia, Caixa Postal: 68044. CEP: 21941-971, Rio de Janeiro - RJ. Brasil.. flcavqueiroz@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Fernando Ávila
authors.initials: FÁ
authors.lastname: Queiroz
authors.forename: Mario
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Elgueta
authors.forename: José Ricardo M
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Mermudes
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001938:Brazil; D002677:Chile; D001517:Coleoptera; D010568:Peru
keywords: Coleoptera, Discotenini, morphology, Neotropical, Stenocerus, systematics