Griburius Haldeman, 1849 Fig. 24

Griburius Haldeman, 1849: 245.

= Scolochrus Suffrian, 1852.

Type species.

Griburius scutellaris Haldeman 1849: 245 (= Cryptocephalus scutellaris Fabricius, 1801), by monotypy.

Diagnosis.

Recently, Chamorro (2013) provided the following characters to identify the species of this genus: posterior margin of intercoxal prosternal process rounded; lateral margin of elytra deeply excised exposing abdomen caudally, elytra length approximately 2 × or less length of pronotum. However, the limits of Griburius and Metallactus are confused and require revision.

Distribution.

Nearctic and Neotropical.

Argentinian species checklist.

Griburius bilineolatus (Suffrian, 1866) (BAS, COR).

Griburius conspurcatus (Suffrian, 1866) (BAS).

Griburius cultus (Suffrian, 1866) (BAS).

Griburius fastidiosus (Suffrian, 1866) (BAS).

Griburius octoguttatus Burmeister, 1877 (ERS).

Griburius persimilis Burmeister, 1877 (BAS).