Proxatrypanius Gilmour, 1959

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Proxatrypanius Gilmour, 1959

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Proxatrypanius Gilmour, 1959: 337 .

Remarks. According to Gilmour (1959) on Proxatrypanius : “Closely allied to Atrypanius Bates , but differing through the transverse, not elongate frons, the non-canaliculate prosternal process, the lateral pronotal tubercles much more obtuse, and placed more anteriorly etc. From the genus Leptostylopsis Dillon it differs through only having three pronotal discal tubercles, and these extremely feeble, the elytra not distinctly costate, and the pro- and mesosternal processes narrower. From Trypanidius Thomson it differs basically in the same way as from Atrypanius Bates , as well as other more diverse factors.” Monné et al. (2020) separated Proxatrypanius from the species of Leptostylus with distinct centrobasal crest on the elytra in the alternative of couplet “48:” “Elytra with dorsal carina and/or somewhat rough,” leading to Leptostylus ; and “Elytra lacking dorsal carina and not rough,” leading to Proxatrypanius . Additionally, Proxatrypanius can be separated from Atrypanius Bates, 1864 and Trypanidius Blanchard, 1847 by the lateral tubercles of the prothorax typically acute apically in the last two genera. Atrypanius scitulus ( Germar, 1823) has the lateral tubercle very different and it may have to be eventually excluded from Atrypanius .

Figures

FIGURES 1–6. Proxatrypanius incertus (Bates, 1881). 1–4) Male from Mexico (Guerrero): 1) Dorsal habitus; 2) Ventral habitus; 3) Lateral habitus; 4) Head, frontal view. 5) Holotype of Proxatrypanius rockefelleri Gilmour, 1959, by Jesus Santiago Moure. 6) Holotype of Oedopeza incerta Bates, 1881, by Jesus Santiago Moure.