Madarina

Solaria curtula on flowers of Davilla kunthii, photographed by Mary W. Farmer.

Belongs within: Baridinae.

The Madarina is a group of weevils distinguished primarily by the distinctive morphology of the prosternum. They are usually elliptical or rhomboidal in overall shape, and often brightly coloured.

Characters (from Lacordaire 1866, as 'Madarides vrais' in part): Pronotum with median lobe partially covering scutellum; scutellum a curvilinear triangle, anteriorly concave; prosternum not grooved, more or less wide between anterior coxae, with postcoxal projection covering entire mesosternum.

<==Madarina
    |--Parapiperis minutus Hustache 1951 H51
    |--Acanthomadarus amplicollis Hustache 1951 H51
    |--Parasolaria ferruginipes Hustache 1951 H51
    |--Solariopsis punctaticollis Hustache 1951 H51
    |--Conoproctus quadripustulatus Fabricius 1801 D09
    |--Glyptobaris lecontei Champion 1909 D09
    |--Microrhinus mutilus (Boheman 1844) D09
    |--Orchidophilus aterrimus (Waterhouse 1874) D09
    |--Stictobaris cribrata (LeConte 1876) D09
    |--Neomadarus Hustache 1938 D09
    |--Amadarellus Hustache 1951 H51
    |    `--*A. bondari Hustache 1951 H51
    |--Onychobaris D09
    |    |--O. alutacea Hustache 1951 H51
    |    `--O. densa LeConte 1876 D09
    |--Brachybaris H51
    |    |--‘Baridius’ axillaris H51
    |    `--B. grandis Hustache 1951 H51
    |--Solaria D09
    |    |--S. curtula Champion 1908 D09
    |    |--S. punctipennis Hustache 1951 H51
    |    `--S. subplanipennis Hustache 1951 [=Madarellus planipennis ms] H51
    |--Tripusidia H51
    |    |--T. punctulata H51
    |    |--T. sparsepunctata Hustache 1951 H51
    |    `--T. subglabra Hustache 1951 H51
    |--Madarus D09
    |    |  i. s.: M. bistrigellus Boheman 1844 D09
    |    `--M. (Eumadarus) H51
    |         |--M. (E.) cribriventris Hustache 1951 H51
    |         |--M. (E.) exaratus Hustache 1951 H51
    |         |--M. (E.) impressirostris H51
    |         |--M. (E.) nemorosus Hustache 1951 H51
    |         |--M. (E.) oblongus Hustache 1951 H51
    |         `--M. (E.) scutellatus Hustache 1951 H51
    |--Madarellus D09
    |    |--M. castaneus Hustache 1951 H51
    |    |--M. claveri Hustache 1951 H51
    |    |--M. cuneipennis Hustache 1951 H51
    |    |--M. denieri Hustache 1951 H51
    |    |--M. ebenus (Fabricius 1801) D09
    |    |--M. ruficollis H51
    |    |--M. sanguinicollis Hustache 1951 H51
    |    `--M. vinaceus Hustache 1951 H51
    |--Ampeloglypter H51
    |    |--A. brunescens Hustache 1951 H51
    |    |--A. cayennensis Hustache 1951 H51
    |    |--A. heterosternoides Hustache 1951 H51
    |    |--A. laevis Hustache 1951 H51
    |    |--A. longiclava Hustache 1951 H51
    |    |--A. pilosellus Hustache 1951 H51
    |    |--A. singularis Hustache 1951 H51
    |    `--A. vicinus Hustache 1951 H51
    `--Linomadarus D09
         |--L. binotatus H51
         |--L. boliviensis Hustache 1951 H51
         |--L. claveri Hustache 1951 H51
         |--L. convexipennis Hustache 1951 H51
         |--L. fulvitarsis Hustache 1951 H51
         |--L. gounellei Hustache 1951 H51
         |--L. migrator H51
         |--L. monostigma Hustache 1951 H51
         |--L. similis Hustache 1951 H51
         `--L. vorticosus Casey 1922 D09

*Type species of generic name indicated

REFERENCES

[D09] Davis, S. R. 2009. Morphology of Baridinae and related groups (Coleoptera, Curculionidae). ZooKeys 10: 1-136.

[H51] Hustache, A. 1951. Nouveaux Barinae Sud-Américains. 4.^ème partie: Madopterina—Lyterida—Leptoschoina—Eutoxina—Madarina—Barymerina. Boletim do Museu Nacional, nova serie, Zoologia 102: 1-78.

Lacordaire, T. 1866. Histoire Naturelle des Insectes. Genera des Coléoptères, ou exposé méthodique et critique de tous les genres proposés jusqu'ici dans cet ordre d'insectes vol. 7. Librairie encyclopédique de Roret: Paris.