Esthesopus Eschscholtz, 1829

Douglas, Hume B., 2017, World reclassification of the Cardiophorinae (Coleoptera, Elateridae), based on phylogenetic analyses of morphological characters, ZooKeys 655, pp. 1-130 : 38-39

Esthesopus Eschscholtz, 1829 Figs 6, 31, 126-131

Esthesopus Eschscholtz, 1829: 32. Type species: Esthesopus castaneus Eschscholtz, 1829: 32.

Diagnosis.

Prothorax. Pronotum with carina extending anterad from hind angles following lateral edge (ie, not below lateral edge of prothorax, but in some species not distinguishable from the dorsal hind angle carina), not reaching anterior edge. Pterothorax. Scutellum with middle of anterior edge straight (Fig. 6). Legs. Tarsi with tarsomere 4 lobed or lamellate (Fig. 128), claws with 2 points each (Fig. 129). Also. Bursa copulatrix with paired proximal (largest) sclerites bilobed (Fig. 130) to multi-lobed (Fig. 31). Known from South and North America, and the Greater and Lesser Antilles, 50 spp.