A contribution to the genus Astylus Laporte de Castelnau , 1836 , in Ecuador , with descriptions of three new species (Coleoptera , Melyridae )

<p>Three species of the genus Astylus in Ecuador are here described as new to science: A. lojaensis, sp.nov. (prov. Loja), A. longulus, sp.nov. (prov. Loja) and A. moreti, sp.nov. (prov. Azuay). The following new synonymies are established: Astylus curtus Pic, 1919, A. peruvianus Pic, 1919 and A. punctatus Pic, 1919 are synonyms of A. bonplandi Erichson, 1847; Astylus bourgeoisi var. quinquenotatus Pic, 1920, Astylus bourgeoisi var. trimaculataus Pic, 1920, Astylus cribrosus Pic, 1919 and Astylus riveti Bourgeois, 1911 are synonyms of A. bourgeoisi Kirsch, 1889; Astylus mutatus Pic, 1919 and A. mutatus var. subseparatus Pic, 1920 are synonyms of A. pallipes Kirsch, 1889. Lectotypes are designated for Astylus rubripennis (Latreille, 1811) and A. bonplandi Erichson, 1847. Akey to differentiate the eleven Ecuadorian species of Astylus is provided, as are illustrations of the habitus of the new species, and details of the genital characters of all the species addressed. New faunistic data are also presented as maps of distribution in Ecuador.</p>