Ge. Flores et P. Vidal, Revalidation and systematic revision of the Chilean genus Callyntra Solier(Coleoptera : Tenebrionidae), ANN ENT S A, 93(5), 2000, pp. 1052-1075
The genus Callyntra Solier (Pimeliinae: Nycteliini), distributed in central
Chile, is restored, revised, and redefined including 16 species formerly a
ssigned to the genus Epipedonota Solier. The use of new morphological featu
res such as genital structures and internal skeletal anatomy, together with
external morphology, establish that the species of Callyntra are not conge
neric with the species of Epipedonota. New synonymies are Epipcdonota opaca
Pena under Callyntra inflata (Pena), Epipedonota rugulosa Gemminger under
Callyntra unicosta Solier, and Epipedonota schlingeri Pena under Callyntra
rossi (Kulzer). Other valid species of the genus are C. multicosta (Guerin-
Meneville), C. servillei Solier, C. laticollis Philippi and Philippi, C. ca
rbonaria Philippi and Philippi, C. macrocosta (Guerin-Meneville), C. rugosa
(Waterhouse), C, penai (Kulzer), C. paulseni Fairmaire, C. andina Germain,
C. subrugosa (Pena), C. montana (Pena), C. planiuscula (Fairmaire), and C.
riverai (Kulzer). Callyntra servillei Solier is designated type species. L
ectotypes are designated for C, andina Germain, C. major Germain, C. anthra
cina Germain, C. laticollis Philippi and Philippi, C. carbonaria Philippi a
nd Philippi, and Epipedonota rugosa Waterhouse. This article includes a red
escription of the genus, redescriptions of each of its 16 species, an ident
ification key, photographs of habitus, scanning electron micrographs of pro
nota and clypeus, drawings of genital features and metendosternites, and di
stribution maps.