Monobelini Wallace and Deitz, 2004

Selected references
Wallace and Deitz 2004a
Taxon images
Monobelini
15443_mximage
1.Monobelus biguttatus
15714_mximage
2.Monobeloides stuarti
15672_mximage
3.Brachycentrotus punctatus
15511_mximage
4.Braxtonota enigmata
 
Distribution
Neotropical and Nearctic regions: West Indies and Bermuda.
16515_mximage
1.
 
Diagnostic characters
Pronotum without suprahumeral horns; posterior process concealing scutellum medially (Brachycentrotus and Monocentrus) or entirely (Monobeloides). Metathoracic femur with ab- and adlateral cucullate setae and extra cucullate setae at apex (exceptions: Brachycentrotus and Braxtonota without extra cucullate setae apically). Abdomen with anterior tergal borders modified into irregular ridges.
Chromosome numbers
Unknown.
Taxonomic constituents
Prepared by
Matthew S. Wallace and Lewis L. Deitz, 5 September 2011.