Ge. Flores et P. Vidal, Cladistic analysis of the Chilean genus Callyntra solier (Coleoptera : Tenebrionidae), with description of a new species, J NY ENT SO, 108(3-4), 2000, pp. 187-204
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.