described based on the new species Obrieniolus robustus del Río, endemic to Peru. This
genus is easily recognized by the black, denuded and shiny integument, with imbricate
microsculpture and the rounded body, with short, cordiform and moderately convex elytra.
According to a cladistic analysis based on 69 continuous and discrete morphological
characters, the new genus is the sister taxon of a group formed by Amitrus Schoenherr …