Carphontes Bates, 1881
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Carphontes Bates, 1881 View in CoL
Carphontes Bates, 1881: 171 View in CoL ; Monné, 2005: 31 (cat.).
Type-species. Carphontes posticalis Bates, 1881 View in CoL (monotypy).
Redescription. Form small, rounded. Head moderately prominent; eyes coarsely faceted; superior lobes large, separated by the width of a lobe; lower lobes 4 times taller than genae below. Antennal tubercles not elevated; antennae filiform, 11-segmented, without hairs on the ventral surface, scape elongate; segment 3 ¼ longer than scape; segment 4 about as long as segment 3, segments 5–10 gradually decreasing in length; segment 11 as long as segment 10.
Prothorax transverse, armed with a prominent lateral tubercle situated in the posterior third. Pronotum without calli or tubercles. Prosternal process narrow, width approximately equal to 1/3 of the procoxa; mesosternal process as wide as the mesocoxa. Elytra with sides subparallel to apical ¼, then evenly rounded to suture, length approximately equal to 1.5 times humeral width; without setae, lateral or dorsal carinae, or centro-basal crista; apices narrowly rounded. Anterior coxae rounded and prominent; femora subclavate. First segment of posterior tarsi shorter than two following segments combined.
Remarks. The genus is characterized by the body without setae; prothorax with lateral tubercles in the basal third; pronotum without tubercles; elytra shortened, about 1.5 times humeral width, without longitudinal carinae or median crista near base; narrow prosternal process; mesosternal process as wide as mesocoxa, and first segment of metatarsi as long as two following segments combined. Carphontes shares these characters with Atrypanius Bates, 1864 and Nyssodrysina Casey, 1913 , but differs by the narrower prosternal process, as wide as approximately 1/3 of the procoxa. In Atrypanius and Nyssodrysina the prosternal process is at least ½ as broad as one procoxa, and the elytral length is approximately twice the humeral width. Also in Nyssodrysina , the ovipositor projects beyond the elytral apices.
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Carphontes Bates, 1881
Monné, Miguel A. & Monné, Marcela L. 2010 |
Carphontes
Monne 2005: 31 |
Bates 1881: 171 |