Commatocerodes Péringuey, 1888

Hlavác, Peter, 2007, Revision of the subtribe Clavigerodina and an annotated catalogue of South African Clavigeritae (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Pselaphinae), African Invertebrates 48 (2), pp. 65-92 : 67

Genus Commatocerodes Péringuey, 1888

Commatocerodes: Péringuey 1888: 85 ; Raffray 1897: 120; Jeannel 1964: 210.

Diagnosis: Head slightly longer than wide and slightly longer than pronotum, both with rough, regular microsculpture, frontal rostrum prominent, rather triangular; antennae with five antennomeres, first minuscule, not visible dorsally, antennomere III slightly shorter than IV, terminal antennomere cylindrical, more than six times as long as IV; pronotum wider than long, median antebasal fovea present, lateral foveae only weakly defined; elytra opaque, shagreened and with fine and sparse setation, with about 12–16 erect macrosetae on sides, posterior part of elytra lacking trichomes, trichomes on edge of composite tergum small, first paratergites with large trichomes; mesofemora and tibiae with spines in males.

Sexual dimorphism: Females unknown to the author.