''Macrohyliota'' is a genus of
beetle
Beetles are insects that form the order Coleoptera (), in the superorder Endopterygota. Their front pair of wings are hardened into wing-cases, elytra, distinguishing them from most other insects. The Coleoptera, with about 400,000 describ ...
s in the family
Silvanidae.
[Thomas, M. C. 2004. The Brontini of the world: A generic review of the tribe (Coleoptera: Silvanidae: Brontinae). Insecta Mundi 17: 1-31 (2003).] There are six known members of the genus, all occurring in the Asian and Australian regions.
''Macrohyliota'' can be distinguished from other genera in the subfamily Brontinae, tribe Brontini, by their relatively large, loosely jointed bodies, with a brown, granular incrustation that obscures the surface sculpture to a greater or lesser extent (individuals
of two included species lack the incrustation). Individuals of most of the species have a tooth or carina on the mesotibia, and in most of the species there are small mandibular horns in the males.
Described species and their distributions are:
* ''Macrohyliota bicolor'' Arrow, Australia
* ''Macrohyliota gracilicornis'' (Arrow), SE Asia, New Guinea
* ''Macrohyliota lucius'' (Pascoe), Australia
* ''Macrohyliota militaris'' (Erichson), Australia
* ''Macrohyliota spinicollis'' (Gory), SE Asia
* ''Macrohyliota truncatipennis'' (Heller), SE Asia
References
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Silvanidae
Háva J. 2016. Macrohyliota philippinensis sp. nov. (Coleoptera: Silvanidae: Brontinae), a new species from the Philippines. ARQUIVOS ENTOMOLÓXICOS, 16: 431-434.