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 text ZooKeys 2013 2013-02-28 273 15 71 http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.273.4116 journal article http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.273.4116 1313-2970-273-15 2D52FFD4495DFFF0FFE4FFDA0E63FE3F 578183 Steriphus Erichson, 1842 Steriphus Erichson, 1842: 190. Desiantha Pascoe, 1870: 193 (type species: Desiantha caudata Pascoe, 1870, subsequent designation by Zimmerman 1994 : 697). Brexius Pascoe, 1870: 201 (type species: Brexius murinus Pascoe, 1870, subsequent designation by Zimmerman 1994 : 697). Dryopais Broun, 1885: 387 (type species: Dryopais variabilis Broun, 1885, by indication, monotypy). Xerostygnus Broun, 1903: 79 (type species: Xerostygnus binodulus Broun, 1903, by indication, monotypy). Type species. Steriphus solidus Erichson, 1842 (by indication, monotypy). Diagnosis. Small to very small (3.0-6.5 mm); vestiture of subcircular scales and setae; scape long (surpassing posterior margin of eye when resting in scrobe); elytra with anteapical tubercle. Relationships . Steriphus is the sister genus to the American genus Listronotus . Species included. Steriphus albidoparsus (Lea, 1928); Steriphus alpinus (Lea, 1928); Steriphus angusticollis (Pascoe, 1870); Steriphus ascitus (Pascoe, 1876); Steriphus binodulus Broun, 1903; Steriphus caudatus (Pascoe, 1870); Steriphus curvisetosus (Lea, 1928); Steriphus diversipes (Pascoe,1870); Steriphus humeralis (Lea, 1928); Steriphus incotaminatus (Lea, 1899); Steriphus inermis (Lea, 1928); Steriphus irrasus (Lea, 1899); Steriphus longus (Lea, 1928); Steriphus major (Blackburn, 1890); Steriphus mecaspis (Lea, 1899); Steriphus metallicus (Lea, 1928); Steriphus mucronatus (Lea, 1928); Steriphus murinus (Pascoe, 1870); Steriphus parvicornis (Lea, 1928); Steriphus parvonigrus (Lea, 1928); Steriphus parvus (Blackburn, 1890); Steriphus pullus (Broun, 1910); Steriphus sericeus (Blackburn, 1890); Steriphus solidus Erichson, 1842; Steriphus stenoderes (Lea, 1928); Steriphus variabilis (Broun, 1885); Steriphus vittatus (Blackburn, 1893). Host plants. Steriphus ascitus : Baumea articulata (R. Br.) Blake, Baumea rubiginosa (Spreng.) Boeck., Scirpus fluviatilis (Torr.) Sojak ( Cyperaceae ) and Typha orientalis C. B. Presl. ( Typhaceae ); Steriphus diversipes : Medicago sativa L. ( Fabaceae ) and Rumex acetosella L. ( Polygonaceae ); Steriphus variabilis : Cotula spp. ( Asteraceae ), Dichondra sp. ( Convolvulaceae ) and Myriophyllum sp. ( Haloragaceae ) (May, 1977; Kuschel, 1990). Immature stages. Steriphus ascitus , Steriphus caudatus , Steriphus diversipes and Steriphus variabilis (May, 1970, 1977, 1993, 1994). Geographical distribution. Australia and New Zealand ( Schenkling and Marshall 1931 ; Kuschel 1972 , 1990 ; May 1977 ; Zimmerman 1994 ). Material examined. Steriphus ascitus (MZFC) and Steriphus variabilis (MZFC).