Macrohyliota is a genus of beetles in the family Silvanidae.[1] There are six known members of the genus, all occurring in the Asian and Australian regions.
| Macrohyliota | |
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| Macrohyliota spinicollis | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Superfamily: | Cucujoidea |
| Family: | Silvanidae |
| Genus: | Macrohyliota Thomas, 2004 |
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.[1] 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
editHáva J. 2016. Macrohyliota philippinensis sp. nov. (Coleoptera: Silvanidae: Brontinae), a new species from the Philippines. ARQUIVOS ENTOMOLÓXICOS, 16: 431-434.