The subtribes and genera of the tribe Listroderini (Coleoptera, Curculionidae, Cyclominae): Phylogenetic analysis with systematic and biogeographical accounts
Author
Morrone, Juan J.
Museo de Zoologia " Alfonso L. Herrera ", Departamento de Biologia Evolutiva, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico (UNAM), Apartado Postal 70 - 399, 04510 Mexico D. F., Mexico
juanmorrone2001@yahoo.com.mx
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Puranius Germain, 1895
Fig. 19
Puranius
Germain, 1895: 313.
Puranus
Germain, 1911: 205 (lapsus).
Reichertia
Enderlein, 1912: 31 (type species:
Listroderes sculpticollis
Enderlein, 1907, by original designation).
Type species.
Puranius inaequalis
Germain, 1896 (subsequent designation by Morrone, 1994c).
Relationships.
Puranius
is the sister genus to
Amathynetoides-Nacodius
.
Diagnosis.
Small to very small (1.9-6.5 mm); vestiture of subcircular scales and setae; pronotum transverse to strongly transverse; metanepisternal suture present, complete; elytra oblong-oval, with small, rounded tubercles.
Species included.
Puranius argentinensis
Morrone, 1994;
Puranius australis
Germain, 1896;
Puranius championi
(Kuschel, 1952);
Puranius dubius
(Germain, 1896);
Puranius elguetai
Morrone, 1994;
Puranius exsculpticollis
(Enderlein, 1907);
Puranius fasciculiger
(Blanchard, 1851);
Puranius hispidus
(Germain, 1896);
Puranius inaequalis
Germain, 1896;
Puranius midas
Morrone, 1994;
Puranius nigrinus
(Fairmaire, 1884);
Puranius obrienorum
Morrone, 1994;
Puranius pusillus
Morrone, 1994;
Puranius scaber
(Enderlein, 1907);
Puranius sylvanius
Morrone, 1994;
Puranius torosus
Morrone, 1994;
Puranius tothus
Morrone, 1994;
Puranius tuberosus
Germain, 1896;
Puranius verrucosus
(Germain, 1896);
Puranius vulgaris
Morrone, 1994.
Host plants.
Puranius argentinensis
:
Mulinum
sp. (
Apiaceae
);
Puranius championi
:
Poa flabellata
(Lam.) Raspail (
Poaceae
);
Puranius fasciculiger
:
Senecio smithii
DC (
Asteraceae
);
Puranius nigrinus
:
Taraxacum officinale
Weber ex F. H. Wigg. (
Asteraceae
) and
Nothofagus
sp. (
Nothofagaceae
);
Puranius vulgaris
:
Mulinum
sp. (
Apiaceae
);
Puranius scaber
:
Baccharis
sp. (
Asteraceae
) and
Ephedra
sp. (
Ephedraceae
) (Morrone, 1994c).
Geographical distribution.
Andean region (Subantarctic and Central Chilean subregions) and South American Transition Zone, from southern Argentina, including the Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas), to Peru (
Morrone 1994c
;
Posadas 2008
, 2012).
Material examined.
Puranius argentinensis
(AMNH, BMNH, MLP, MZFC),
Puranius australis
(AMNH, CWOB, MHNS, NZAC),
Puranius championi
(BMNH, CWOB, NZAC),
Puranius dubius
(CWOB, MHNS, NZAC),
Puranius elguetai
(AMNH, MHNS, MLP, MZFC),
Puranius exsculpticollis
(BMNH),
Puranius fasciculiger
(CWOB, MHNS, NZAC, USNM),
Puranius
hispidus
(CWOB, MHNS, NZAC),
Puranius inaequalis
(CMNC, CWOB, MHNS, MZFC, NZAC),
Puranius midas
(AMNH),
Puranius nigrinus
(ARPC, BMNH, CADIC, CBPC, CMNC, CNCI, CWOB, DEI, FIML, IPUM, MCZ, MHNS, MZFC, NZAC, USNM),
Puranius obrienorum
(AMNH, CMNC, CWOB, MLP, MZFC),
Puranius pusillus
(MHNS, MLP, MZFC),
Puranius scaber
(AMPC, BMNH, CWOB, NZAC),
Puranius sylvanius
(AMNH, BMNH, CMNC, MLP, MZFC),
Puranius torosus
(MHNS, MLP, MZFC),
Puranius tothus
(MHNS),
Puranius tuberosus
(CWOB, MHNS, NZAC),
Puranius verrucosus
(CMNC, CWOB, MHNS, MZFC, NZAC) and
Puranius vulgaris
(AMNH, BMNH, CMNC, MHNS, MLP, MZFC).