Revision of the genus Emmallodera Blanchard (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae)

VIOLETA A. SILVESTRO

Indiana

Simposio; International Tenebrionoidea Virtual Symposium VI; 2021

The genus Emmallodera Blanchard (Tenebrioninae: Scotobiini) comprises 17 species and subspecies distributed from northwestern Argentina to the southern part of Patagonia in Argentina and Chile, with two species inhabiting Tierra del Fuego island. Species of Emmallodera inhabit the biogeographic provinces Patagonia and Monte and are characterized by having one spine on the profemur, the last antennomere pointed, and the tarsomeres loosely articulated to each other, with the last tarsomere more prominent. In this contribution the genus is revised using external features. A dichotomous key, illustrations of external features and a distribution map are included.