Cladistic analysis of the Chilean genus Callyntra solier (Coleoptera : Tenebrionidae), with description of a new species

The South American genus Callyntra (Pimeliinae: Nycteliini) comprises 16 pr eviously known species distributed in central Chile, plus a new species des cribed from the central coastal mountain range: C. cantillana n.sp. A cladi stic analysis of the 17 species of Callyntra is conducted. Callyntra compri ses a natural group of species, characterized by nine synapomorphies from e xternal morphology and internal skeletal anatomy. The species relationships are resolved. The paper includes scanning electron micrographs of the pron otum and clypeus of the new species. A discussion concerning the status of conservation of the five areas of endemism for Callyntra using the phylogen etic information is presented.